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- 25 Jun 2012, 23:23
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
- Replies: 3
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Re: testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
Thanks! I was able to get the superblock number and the blocksize using the Advanced menu. I'm now running e2fsck using this information.
					- 22 Jun 2012, 18:54
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13233
Re: testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
Update to my previous post:
I was able to get testdisk to partially recognize a partition. I've run "sfdisk -d /dev/sdc > out" followed by "sfdisk /dev/sdc < out" (/dev/sdc is the name of the problematic drive):
 
> sfdisk -d /dev/sdc > out
> sfdisk /dev/sdc < out
Checking that no-one is using ...
					I was able to get testdisk to partially recognize a partition. I've run "sfdisk -d /dev/sdc > out" followed by "sfdisk /dev/sdc < out" (/dev/sdc is the name of the problematic drive):
> sfdisk -d /dev/sdc > out
> sfdisk /dev/sdc < out
Checking that no-one is using ...
- 10 Jun 2012, 03:24
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
- Replies: 3
- Views: 13233
testdisk cannot find a partition but photorec can
I am trying to recover an ext3 partition on a 2 TB drive. This is the only partition on the drive and after a recent reboot of my system I wasn't able to mount it. 
I am trying to use testdisk but cannot get past the Search stage. After Quick Search is complete, it reports that there are no ...
					I am trying to use testdisk but cannot get past the Search stage. After Quick Search is complete, it reports that there are no ...