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diskprobe is a powerful, low-level sector-editing utility designed to inspect, backup, and repair critical drive structures like the Master Boot Record (MBR), Partition Tables, and boot sectors directly on Debian-based Linux distributions. What is Diskprobe?
: The easiest way to install TSK is using the package manager, which automatically handles all dependencies from the Debian/Ubuntu repositories. diskprobe deb
You can find dskprobe.exe within the Windows XP Support Tools or extracted from older Windows Server resource kits.
You can then open boot_sector_backup.bin using to inspect the partition codes manually. Summary Table: Windows DiskProbe vs. Debian Equivalents Windows DiskProbe Feature Debian Command / .deb Package Interface Type View Raw Hex Sectors ghex / hexedit Graphical / CLI Repair Boot Sectors testdisk Text-based Interactive Backup MBR/GPT dd command Command Line Probe Partition Layout fdisk -l or lsblk Command Line You can find dskprobe
| Goal | diskprobe command | |-------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| | View MBR partition table | diskprobe /dev/sda → p | | Go to sector 1,048,576 (1 MiB)| d 1048576 | | Go to CHS 0/32/15 | c 0 32 15 | | Write current sector | w (only on loop/image) | | Quit | q |
diskprobe interprets the 16-byte partition entries: or search pkgs.org .
Note: Versions and URLs change. Always verify the latest version via apt-cache search diskprobe on a CAINE/Ubuntu Forensic Edition system, or search pkgs.org .