Hi there, I would also go for testdisk if you want to keep it simple... it's included in most repositories of most linux distri.
I normally use it to recover "broken" fat32 and ntfs disks, but 1 time also ext3.. works like a charm.. Sleep well and Good luck anyway, arno Op dinsdag 29-06-2010 om 14:27 uur [tijdzone -0600], schreef Stephen Dowdy: > Jefferson Ogata wrote, On 06/29/2010 02:06 PM: > > Lots of really good info ... > > Also, take a look at : > > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk > ----------------------------- > TestDisk can > > * Fix partition table, recover deleted partition > * Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup > * Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector > * Fix FAT tables > * Rebuild NTFS boot sector > * Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup > * Fix MFT using MFT mirror > * Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock > * Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem > * Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions. > ----------------------------- > > I'm not sure if there's a simple command to scan the device, > presuming only the partition table is borked and to recreate > just the PT, but i think so. At least it can do Superblock > scan lookups. > > There's another tool i've run across that'll scan a block dev > for superblock backups, but i can't recall the name... > > btw, cgsecurity has "photorec", which was originally designed > to recover lost photos off digital camera media. It's been > enhanced to recover a large number of file types off any > damaged media and write what it can to auxiliary storage. > > > --stephen > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
