diff --git a/recipes/wip/data-recovery/foremost/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/data-recovery/foremost/recipe.toml
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+++ b/recipes/wip/data-recovery/foremost/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#TODO missing script for gnu make, see the README inside the tarball
+[source]
+tar = "http://foremost.sourceforge.net/pkg/foremost-1.5.7.tar.gz"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/data-recovery/testdisk/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/data-recovery/testdisk/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/recipes/wip/data-recovery/testdisk/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions - https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Compilation
+# add optional libraries to expand the features - https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Compilation#Libraries
+[source]
+tar = "https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk-7.2.tar.bz2"
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "ncurses",
+]
+script = """
+export CPPFLAGS="-I${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/include/ncurses"
+cookbook_configure
+"""