Can TestDisk recover rare, non-standard partition types?
Posted: 21 Apr 2014, 04:53
Although TestDisk is so powerful it can recover approximately 25 different partition types (here's the list from Wikipedia), that list doesn't include any rarely-used partition types (see, for example, List of all partition IDs)
But is there any practical way of using TestDisk to recover some of those weird partition types, say, for example, Type 2Ah, 47h, 74h, etc? Or is there any other tool that can recover more-or-less arbitrary partition types? Assume that the data in the partitions themselves are uncorrupted.
Am I correct in thinking that all that really needs to be done is to create a new partition table pointing to the partitions (easier said than done, I realize)? Or are there other things that need to be done as well?
As a last resort, can someone estimate roughly how difficult it would be to modify TestDisk to be able to recover one or more of these rare partition types?
Thanks!
PS - FYI: (1) The disk I accidentally deleted the partition table(s) from is a Seagate GPT-formatted 3TB disk. (2): The partitions to be recovered have NOT been overwritten or corrupted. (3): I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 Pro/SP1, but I'll happily run whatever tool from, say, a Linux-based Live CD if it won't run under Windows.
But is there any practical way of using TestDisk to recover some of those weird partition types, say, for example, Type 2Ah, 47h, 74h, etc? Or is there any other tool that can recover more-or-less arbitrary partition types? Assume that the data in the partitions themselves are uncorrupted.
Am I correct in thinking that all that really needs to be done is to create a new partition table pointing to the partitions (easier said than done, I realize)? Or are there other things that need to be done as well?
As a last resort, can someone estimate roughly how difficult it would be to modify TestDisk to be able to recover one or more of these rare partition types?
Thanks!
PS - FYI: (1) The disk I accidentally deleted the partition table(s) from is a Seagate GPT-formatted 3TB disk. (2): The partitions to be recovered have NOT been overwritten or corrupted. (3): I'm running 64-bit Windows 7 Pro/SP1, but I'll happily run whatever tool from, say, a Linux-based Live CD if it won't run under Windows.