Re: tool to recover fat partition
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:32:14 -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) It seems my problems can at least be helpful to someone else. :-) There are many good tools for recovering data from MSDOS partitions, but you'll have to check which one serves your particular needs best, depending on the amount of damage done to the file system. From the ports, there's magicrescue in the first place for file recovery. To scan and repair disk partitions, you can use testdisk. If everything else fails, go use the basics: The Sleuth Kit with its dls, dls or ils tools. There's helpful documentation installed that gives informations not mentioned in the manpages. I would recommend you do first do a dd copy of the drive, just in order to do no harm to the partition where your important files are located. Then, do all operations on the dd image, it's mich more safe. If dd is not possible, use dd_rescue or ddrescue. For most operations, it's good to use mdconfig to put the dd file onto a md device which is then used by the particular program. I can imagine how you feel about data loss, so good luck! -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:32:14 -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) It seems my problems can at least be helpful to someone else. :-) There are many good tools for recovering data from MSDOS partitions, but you'll have to check which one serves your particular needs best, depending on the amount of damage done to the file system. From the ports, there's magicrescue in the first place for file recovery. To scan and repair disk partitions, you can use testdisk. If everything else fails, go use the basics: The Sleuth Kit with its dls, dls or ils tools. There's helpful documentation installed that gives informations not mentioned in the manpages. I would recommend you do first do a dd copy of the drive, just in order to do no harm to the partition where your important files are located. Then, do all operations on the dd image, it's mich more safe. If dd is not possible, use dd_rescue or ddrescue. For most operations, it's good to use mdconfig to put the dd file onto a md device which is then used by the particular program. I can imagine how you feel about data loss, so good luck! -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards If the destroyed parition is an UFS partition, you could try fsck_ffs'ing it. Hopefully some superblock backups are still intact. Just to be extra safe, copy the entire partition to a file, create an md device from it and fsck the md device. -- Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
On Thursday 13 November 2008, Pieter de Goeje wrote: On Wednesday 12 November 2008, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards If the destroyed parition is an UFS partition, you could try fsck_ffs'ing it. Hopefully some superblock backups are still intact. Just to be extra safe, copy the entire partition to a file, create an md device from it and fsck the md device. Nevermind, didn't read the subject ;-). On topic, sysutils/fatback seems promising. -- Pieter de Goeje ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tool to recover fat partition
So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards Ouch, feel your pain. I've used sysutils/ddrescue for recovery from a FAT partition, but I'm not at all sure if it will help in your situation. Kevin Kinsey -- Seems this guy showed up at a party, and all of his friends jumped for Joy. But she sidestepped, and they missed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:32:14 -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) It seems my problems can at least be helpful to someone else. :-) There are many good tools for recovering data from MSDOS partitions, but you'll have to check which one serves your particular needs best, depending on the amount of damage done to the file system. From the ports, there's magicrescue in the first place for file recovery. To scan and repair disk partitions, you can use testdisk. If everything else fails, go use the basics: The Sleuth Kit with its dls, dls or ils tools. There's helpful documentation installed that gives informations not mentioned in the manpages. I would recommend you do first do a dd copy of the drive, just in order to do no harm to the partition where your important files are located. Then, do all operations on the dd image, it's mich more safe. If dd is not possible, use dd_rescue or ddrescue. For most operations, it's good to use mdconfig to put the dd file onto a md device which is then used by the particular program. I can imagine how you feel about data loss, so good luck! -- Polytropon From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
no idea. there are tools if your data was only jpeg images - ports/graphics/recoverjpeg but there are such tools for DOS and windoze. you may use qemu to run them On Wed, 12 Nov 2008, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
Wojciech Puchar wrote: no idea. there are tools if your data was only jpeg images - ports/graphics/recoverjpeg but there are such tools for DOS and windoze. you may use qemu to run them Maybe you can reconstruct the partition with forensics software like sleuthkit (in ports) or helix3 (http://www.e-fense.com/helix/) Peter -- http://www.boosten.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
