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i already ran photorec without the block size adjustment and it recovered a heap of files.

thanks for your help. im going to see if i can get a result with some other software

same result. hfs found using backup sector

Disk /media/white1/Seagate Backup Plus Drive/shane/rescue.img - 3000 GB / 2794 GiB - CHS 364802 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
D Mac HFS 5000703180 5000704729 1550 [^A^B\^A]
D Mac HFS 5000704726 5000706275 1550 [^A^B\^A]
D Mac HFS ...

christophe, first of all i'm not using 7.1 because i couldnt get it to install properly on ubuntu.

should i try working from a windows 7 computer so i can use the latest version?

ive made the image twice and both times testdisk yields the same or similar results.

analyse EFI GPT i end up here ...

Cgrenier do you answer everyones questions single-handedly? :) youre like a gift from above : :D

Some additional info for my problem might be found in this breif conversation? http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=133338

I am trying to get my head around the nature of the recovery task in ...