This is some of the software that is included with Rescubuntu:

(*) no longer maintained in Ubuntu and therefore not included in the latest version.

Also to be included: Documentation or a cheat sheet

Some of the tools which are featured in Ubuntu Rescue Remix are documented here:

http://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery

and that page serves as the basis for the Cheat Sheet.

To install these packages

sudo apt-get install dosfstools ntfsprogs ntfs-3g xfsprogs reiser4progs
reiserfsprogs jfsutils hfsutils hfsplus convertfs gphotofs parted
partimage testdisk dares usbmount mdadm chntpw foremost
gddrescue sleuthkit autopsy mc cdw dvd+rw-tools afflib