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by drmarshallmd
03 Mar 2022, 06:04
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

Re: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32


As I don't know the inner structure of HFS I have no idea to what extent HFS can be dammaged by formating it as FAT32.
Try out Photorec.
Try out all available recovery software for HFS.
I guess there is not that much around compared to Windows.

Otherwise, if necessary, consult some professional ...
by drmarshallmd
24 Feb 2022, 15:12
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

Re: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32

recuperation wrote: 22 Feb 2022, 21:10 I did not say that.
Do you have any advice on what I could do in order to restore the files?
by drmarshallmd
22 Feb 2022, 20:26
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

Re: Accidental change of a Mac exFAT partition into FAT32



When i say "Restoring" i mean repairing the partition table. I've read of some1 doing something similar, where he basically repaired the partition table using TestDisk, and that brought all the data back.


I wrote:
"The NEW partition is the OLD partition as formatting only involves writing ...
by drmarshallmd
21 Feb 2022, 02:16
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

Re: Accidental change of a Mac exFAT partition into FAT32



Hi there. I've searched this forum for some time and do not seem to find anything that resembles my situation.

I have a late 2013 macbook pro, with a 1TB ssd. I had a 550GB partition dedicated for my storage of files, videos, and programs.
In an attempt to partition a few GB for a BOOTCAMP ...
by drmarshallmd
20 Feb 2022, 19:34
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32
Replies: 8
Views: 3179

Accidental change of a Mac HFS partition into FAT32

Hi there. I've searched this forum for some time and do not seem to find anything that resembles my situation.

I have a late 2013 macbook pro, with a 1TB ssd. I had a 550GB HFS partition dedicated for my storage of files, videos, and programs.
In an attempt to partition a few GB for a BOOTCAMP ...