Help restore partition / home ext4

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ssquma
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Joined: 28 Jun 2013, 00:27

recover partition /home ext4

#1 Post by ssquma »

That such.
My problem is this, try to do a clean install of Fedora 18 on my laptop, previously had Fedora 14, to reach the section where the hard drive is partitioned did as follows.

/ Home 372.79 GB
/ Boot 200 MB
/ 23 GB
swap 3.99 GB

but when starting the installation an error happened, and the installation was interrupted. When I tried to restart the installation the / home partition has no file system (previously had EXT4 file), what I did was re-install fedora 14 to use testdisk, but the program throws me the following message:

TestDisk 6.12, Data Recovery Utility, May 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk / dev / sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60802 255 63

The harddisk (500 GB / 465 GiB) Seems too small! (<667 GB / 621 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection ...

The Following partition can not be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in the industries
> Linux 33613 182 42 8113 8 6 20 763478016




[Continue]
EXT4 Large file Sparse superblock Recover, 390 GB / 364 GiB

When I click continue it takes me to the next screen.

TestDisk 6.12, Data Recovery Utility, May 2011
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
http://www.cgsecurity.org

Disk / dev / sda - 500 GB / 465 GiB - CHS 60802 255 63
Partition Start End Size in the industries
> * HPFS - NTFS 0 32 33 2088 202 34 3355 4432 [PQSERVICE]
P HPFS - NTFS 2088 202 35 2101 138 21 2048 00 [SYSTEM RESERVED]
P HPFS - NTFS 2101 138 22 9808 254 63 1238 20305 [Acer]
L Linux 9809 93 13 9833 247 14 3952 64
Linux L 57359 108 30 6029 1 130 63 4710 4000
L Linux Swap 60291 163 33 6080 1 79 62 8187888


Structure: Ok. Use Up / Down Arrow keys to select partition.
Use Left / Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics:
* = Primary bootable P = Primary L = Logical E = Extended D = Deleted
Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files,
Enter: to continue
NTFS, 17 GB / 16 GiB



What do you recommend I do, I need to retrieve the / home partition of 372.79 GB?
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ssquma
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Joined: 28 Jun 2013, 00:27

Help restore partition / home ext4

#2 Post by ssquma »

How about, I hope all are well,.
I have a problem when I was installing my new OS fedora 18 at the time of partition, set as follows / home 372.79 GB, / boot 200MB / 23 GB swap 3.99 GB, was replacing fedora 14. The / home partition to mount it normally.
but when starting the installation process was a bug and was canceled.

when I went to start installing the / home partition was not formatted (it previously had ext4).

Reinstall fedora 14 and used testdisk tool, then the analysis values ​​throws me attached pictures.

Someone could help me to recover my files on the / home partition.

Thank you.
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Re: Help restore partition / home ext4

#3 Post by cgrenier »

Select the first Linux partition and use 'P' to list its files. Try the same using the second one.
If you see the files from your /home, set this partition as P(rimary) if it isn't already the case and choose to Write the new partition table.

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