Also TestDisk can recover lost partitions. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:21 PM, <linuxusersgroup+nore...@googlegroups.com>wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup/topics > > - Un-delete partition <#131bc02b13f1acfa_group_thread_0> [4 Updates] > > Topic: Un-delete > partition<http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup/t/4c9a48a4f860f1ea> > > "Elon G. (\"Matt\") Matthews" <ematt...@gmail.com> Aug 11 11:04AM -0400 > ^ <#131bc02b13f1acfa_digest_top> > > In the process of showing off to my grandson I was installing Ubuntu > on his laptop and repartitioned his hard drive, as I have done several > times before. However, this time I had either a finger check or a > brain cramp and (using gparted) deleted his Windows 7 ntfs partition > where all of his personal files are located. I am not a hero any > more! Since the partition has not been accessed since the deletion I > have to believe that the original information is still there. Can > anyone recommend a utility that might recover the partition at least > to the point where I can retrieve the personal files? In order of > importance I need a utility that: 1. recovers the files, 2. runs as a > bootable standalone utility or under Ubuntu, 3. is free or of minimal > cost, 4. makes me a hero. > > > Any and all help or suggestions will be deeply appreciated. > > Matt > > -- > Elon G. ("Matt") Matthews > 4263 Vega Course > Liverpool, NY 13090 > (315) 652-6256 > ematt...@gmail.com > > > > > Jeremiah Bess <jeremiah.b...@gmail.com> Aug 11 09:18AM -0600 > ^<#131bc02b13f1acfa_digest_top> > > Lesson to be learned: Backup before showing off. =) > > I used a program years ago (can't remember the name now), but it was on > an > existing NTFS partition. I am not sure how well any program will work > on a > partition formatted as something else. I searched for open source data > recovery, and found http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk. Worth a > try. If > it doesn't work how the disk is partitioned now, consider changing the > partition type back to NTFS, and try it again. > > Good luck. Go spend some serious money on your grandson to reclaim your > hero > status! > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 09:04, Elon G. ("Matt") Matthews < > ematt...@gmail.com > > > > > Daniel Eggleston <egg...@gmail.com> Aug 11 10:46AM -0500 > ^<#131bc02b13f1acfa_digest_top> > > If you've not reformatted, you can use gpart to recover it: > > > > http://oss.sgi.com/LDP/HOWTO/LILO-crash-rescue-HOWTO/disk_partition_rescue.html > > Basically, gpart /dev/sda will auto detect all the partitions that may > or > may not be on sda (without partition table entries). gpart -W /dev/sda > /dev/sda will perform the detection & write out a new partition table > with > the detected entries. > > > -- > > Daniel > > > > > Scott Vargovich <bluesfrea...@gmail.com> Aug 11 12:17PM -0400 > ^<#131bc02b13f1acfa_digest_top> > > Having never done this, take my opinion for what it's worth. Here is a > link > to a small list of Linux LiveCDs that are geared toward forensic > recovery of > deleted files: > > http://www.livecdlist.com/purpose/forensics > > Caution: I wouldn't try any of these without getting opinions from > others. > It would probably be very easy to make the info unrecoverable. > > > -- > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E > ------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesor > http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to linuxusersgroup@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to linuxusersgroup+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
