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by Oliverjames
30 Jan 2026, 07:42
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Formatting mistake
Replies: 3
Views: 5031

Re: Formatting mistake

recuperation wrote: 29 Jan 2026, 23:15 Try out commercial software.

The only alternative is to learn the file system structure, write your own recovery software.
Specific individual knowledge about the content should help with the recovery.
Which commercial software would you recommend?

Thanks.
by Oliverjames
28 Jan 2026, 15:45
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Formatting mistake
Replies: 3
Views: 5031

Formatting mistake

Two days ago I accidentally had gparted format a Tb Ext4 hard disk as fat32 (quick format) - early morning and not fully awake! Realising my error I immediately cancelled the action but too late. As I write Photorec is recovering files and in about 13 hours all should be complete.

However I wonder ...