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by jrbrooks
26 Mar 2013, 01:06
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 6
Views: 5158

Re: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

Hi, I would just like to thank you for the help I received.
Using PhotoRec I have recovered most, if not all, of the photos that I had lost.
by jrbrooks
13 Mar 2013, 03:26
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 6
Views: 5158

Re: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

Thanks for your reply.
I ran Testdisk again and selected the Advanced option. Unfortunately I do not get the option RepairMFT. Is this the end of my options for recovery of the formatted partition? I already tried three different Recovery tools (Windows-based) and they were no use.

I have tried ...
by jrbrooks
11 Mar 2013, 03:17
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 6
Views: 5158

Re: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

Not sure if the log file attached - here is the screen print of selecting Undelete in Advanced menu option
by jrbrooks
11 Mar 2013, 03:09
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 6
Views: 5158

Re: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

I ran the Testdisk Windows version under Windows 7 rather from the Boot disc into Unix. So I have screen shots and the log file.
I have attached the log file. After quitting from the Advanced option I selected Analyse but then stopped it as it takes some hours to run. It does not look promising.
by jrbrooks
09 Mar 2013, 03:48
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 6
Views: 5158

I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

I thought I already posted about this 2 days ago but apparently not.
I have a 1TB disk which was partitioned into two 500 GB NTFS partitions. The partitions were called "Extra" and "More".
I accidentally formatted the partition called "More" to FAT. Now I want my files back! I booted from "Ultimate ...
by jrbrooks
07 Mar 2013, 20:58
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT
Replies: 0
Views: 1340

I stupidly formatted my NTFS partition to FAT

I have a 1 TB disk which was partitioned into two 500 GB NTFS partitions and I have been happily using this structure for a couple of years. I accidentally formatted one of the partitions to a FAT partition (it was about 3 a.m. and I thought I was formatting an external hard drive); in fact, I may ...