On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Rugxulo <rugx...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:20 PM, <za...@gmx.com> wrote: >> On 2013-11-22 00:46, Rugxulo wrote: >>> I suggest you just try to use a user-space program like TestDisk. I >>> haven't used it much, but in minimal testing it did seem to access my >>> ext3 partition correctly. >> >> Does the TestDisk solution that you mentioned give full access (i.e. >> both read and write) to the ext3 filesystem, or would it be read only? > > AFAIK, it's read-only, meant for recovering files (from broken system > to working, until reinstall or similar migration).
Test Disk is designed to recover *partitions*, not files. It searches for backup copies of the partition table and does substitutions when the main one is damaged. It bypasses the file system(s) entirely and does low level raw disk reads. The companion PhotoRec can recover *image* files with some success, and copy what it finds to another drive. IT knows what various image files look like, and does low level reads looking for them. ______ Dennis ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
