sudo dpkg -i dattool-v101-amd64.deb Extract the dattool.exe to C:\Windows\System32\ for global CLI access.
If you have GPG installed:
| Feature | Dattool v101 (Verified) | DDRescue | R-Studio | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Free / Open Core | Free | $79+ | | Verification | Cryptographic (SHA3/BLAKE2) | Basic checksums | Proprietary | | Logging | JSON/CSV/Plain text | Limited | GUI only | | Scriptability | Excellent (CLI native) | Moderate | Poor | | Bad Sector Handling | Adaptive skipping | Aggressive retries | Passive | dattool v101 verified