While TestDisk is powerful, its interactive menus can be intimidating. RestoreToolsPkg provides pre-made automation scripts:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:restoretools/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install restoretoolspkg
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Before any restore operation, create a manifest of healthy packages. This is the "best practice" that most users skip. While TestDisk is powerful, its interactive menus can
restoretoolspkg snapshot create --name "Clean_Baseline_Oct2024" --output manifest.json
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