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  • Thanks. But running it on a 1TB drive does not seem a good option I think. Would you suggest some other method in this case then? Commented Jun 6, 2015 at 16:13
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    Why not? Forensics specialists routinely run it on multi-terabyte devices... What filesystem does your external drive use? Commented Jun 6, 2015 at 16:15
  • NTFS file system. Also how much time do you think it will take to run foremost completely Commented Jun 6, 2015 at 16:17
  • You could use ntfsundelete then. I don't know how long it would take foremost to run, since you're specifying the file type it should pretty much run as fast as the disk can be read. Commented Jun 6, 2015 at 16:21
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    @RakholiyaJenish: Running ntfsundeleteon a 1TB NTFS volume would take anywhere from 3 to 5 hours depending on yr hw and configuration specifics. Just make sure the recovery setup is UPS-powered. If it crashes for any reason, yr erased volume won't be hurt and you can later resume yr recovery from the last inode where a file was successfully recovered. Commented Jul 14, 2016 at 16:30