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by xurxoham
10 Jun 2014, 10:31
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector
Replies: 5
Views: 5957

Re: Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector

I didn't scan the while disk, maybe about 10% of it, only.
I knew it can't recover directory and filename information but what I tried to explain is that the content itself ot the recovered files was not consistent (I hadn't any .txt files and most of the recovered files had that suffix).

I'll try ...
by xurxoham
10 Jun 2014, 08:58
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector
Replies: 5
Views: 5957

Re: Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector

Do you have any idea how much did you write into your previous file system?
I didn't write much, around 100MB, so there is still lots of files that I could recover.
Running testdisk Deeper Search (not Quick Search) could find your previous partition using the backup of your boot sector, which is ...
by xurxoham
10 Jun 2014, 07:11
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector
Replies: 5
Views: 5957

Trying to recover filesystem with backup boot sector

Hello,
I am trying to recover the filesystem of one of my external drives: Seagate Expansion 2TB
The disk works correctly, the problem is that, while trying to write an ISO image (with OpenSuse live dvd) to a my usb flash memory), I accidentally wrote onto the disk instead (using dd command).

I ...