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fatcat

fatcat is a tool to explore, extract, repair and forensic FAT filesystem. Its features: - Get information about FAT filesystem; - Explore FAT file system; - Read file or extract directories; - Retrieve file & directories that are deleted; - Backup & restore the FAT tables; - Hack the FAT table by writing on it; - Hack the entries by changing clusters and file sizes; - Perform a search for orphaned files & directories; - Compare and merge the FAT tables; - Repair unallocated directories & files; - Supports FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.

Installed size: 145 KB
How to install: sudo apt install fatcat

Dependencies:
  • libc6
  • libgcc-s1
  • libstdc++6
fatcat

FAT filesystem explore, extract, repair, and forensic tool

root@kali:~# fatcat -h
fatcat v1.1.0, Gregwar <[email protected]>

Usage: fatcat disk.img [options]
  -i: display information about disk
  -O [offset]: global offset (may be partition place)
  -F [format]: output format (default, json)

Browsing & extracting:
  -l [dir]: list files and directories in the given path
  -L [cluster]: list files and directories in the given cluster
  -r [path]: reads the file given by the path
  -R [cluster]: reads the data from given cluster
  -s [size]: specify the size of data to read from the cluster
  -d: enable listing of deleted files
  -x [directory]: extract all files to a directory, deleted files included if -d
                  will start with rootDirectory, unless -c is provided
* -S: write scamble data in unallocated sectors
* -z: write scamble data in unallocated sectors

FAT Hacking
  -@ [cluster]: Get the cluster address and information
  -2: analysis & compare the 2 FATs
  -b [file]: backup the FATs (see -t)
* -p [file]: restore (patch) the FATs (see -t)
* -w [cluster] -v [value]: write next cluster (see -t)
  -t [table]: specify which table to write (0:both, 1:first, 2:second)
* -m: merge the FATs
  -o: search for orphan files and directories
* -f: try to fix reachable directories

Entries hacking
  -e [path]: sets the entry to hack, combined with:
* -c [cluster]: sets the entry cluster
* -s [size]: sets the entry size
* -a [attributes]: sets the entry attributes
  -k [cluster]: try to find an entry that point to that cluster

*: These flags writes on the disk, and may damage it, be careful

Updated on: 2023-Aug-14