Deeper search, Found another partition, not getting entry to select
Posted: 28 Aug 2020, 00:43
I have a drive with one single partition. I deleted it, recreated it, and formatted it. All the same geometry, the whole disk.
Here is what i have done:
1 formatted the partition with "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1"
2 mounted it
3 created one dir in it's root called "data/"
4 unmounted it, discovered my mistake!
5 run testdisk, found the partition with the empty "data/" dir
6 run deep analysis, A second entry for a partition was found
I initially pressed stop, hoping that since the old partition was found I could select it and then view it's contents. This left me with only one entry. So I ran the Deep analysis again letting it complete. But when I come back to the computer It just has one entry, the new partition with the empty "data/" dir.
Is this because they have the same geometry? How do I get to the second entry found during the deep analysis?
Is it not possible to get the data back?
I've been using this guide https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step . I expected to have a screen like that in the section titled "A partition is still missing: Deeper Search".
Here is what i have done:
1 formatted the partition with "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1"
2 mounted it
3 created one dir in it's root called "data/"
4 unmounted it, discovered my mistake!
5 run testdisk, found the partition with the empty "data/" dir
6 run deep analysis, A second entry for a partition was found
I initially pressed stop, hoping that since the old partition was found I could select it and then view it's contents. This left me with only one entry. So I ran the Deep analysis again letting it complete. But when I come back to the computer It just has one entry, the new partition with the empty "data/" dir.
Is this because they have the same geometry? How do I get to the second entry found during the deep analysis?
Is it not possible to get the data back?
I've been using this guide https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step . I expected to have a screen like that in the section titled "A partition is still missing: Deeper Search".