Automated Data Recovery using Python

In this video we're doing data recovery using Python for automation.
We'll go over a ~30 lines of code script to retrieve lost pictures (JPGs).

Download and blog post:

List of file signatures:

If you're feeling kind of lost, check my previous video:
Data Recovery using a Hex Editor:

[karamavideo]

Great video, I've just had the same idea and saw your video!

[bzero]

hey man nice video, could you make a video about how to execute shellcode in python?

[popescucristian]

Wow, excelent video!
Thank you for that!
Can this recover any files from specific location? like C:/pictures/

[bestmixesonline]

Great tuturial, thanks.
Is there a way to do that on internal memory of an android phone?

[devkart]

Good video❤️❤️ It's same way with other file type?

[shartech]

How to change destination directory where recovered data is getting written or saved?

[chinmayr]

Does it even work, if I've formatted my Android phone

[harichandana]

Hey!I have a doubt. How is the hex editor identifying that some particular image was "deleted".It has file signatures to identify between png and jpg, so does it have anything specific based on which it identifies " Deleted" Images.

[lunatik]

even if the data gets deleted in the recycle bin, I will get the data?

[farnaz_godigital]

what is this type of file path ? >> \\ \\.\\ G:
or
>> 1\\
why there are two of these\\ before G: ?
why there is no C: before 1\\
why there is a dot here?
\\ \\.\\G:

[Unknown-sqxm]

If I want to recover documents files like pptx, xlsx, docs, txt files so how to recover with this script... Can you please explain in comment box ...

[kn]

Hi, I get permission error when I use my any drive, what could be the cause ?