so I just used mkfs.ext2 on my 8TB harddrive where I save all my important files, and noticed it too late
I assume none of the files were overwritten, but I noticed my mistake quite late, so the fileystem should be completely destroyed
how are my chances of recovering my files or better restoring the filesystem? is there any hope?
used mkfs on wrong ntfs harddrive
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Re: used mkfs on wrong ntfs harddrive
You can use TestDisk, Advanced, Boot, BackupBS to restore the NTFS boot sector.
You should be able to access most of your file after that but when an ext2/3/4 filesystem is formated, backup superblock are written a little bit everywhere and they have overwritten data, so some of the recovered files will be corrupted.
You should be able to access most of your file after that but when an ext2/3/4 filesystem is formated, backup superblock are written a little bit everywhere and they have overwritten data, so some of the recovered files will be corrupted.
Re: used mkfs on wrong ntfs harddrive
thats ok, as long as i approximately get back the old folder structure, i can redownload the corrupt files,backup superblock are written a little bit everywhere and they have overwritten data, so some of the recovered files will be corrupted
i just scanned using another program, and it found almost all files
i could alraedy recover my important documents
im gonna use testdisk now
my problem is i do not have a separate 8TB drive (the one i mkfs'd is 8TB)
do I need to buy an extra drive to repair/save it?
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Re: used mkfs on wrong ntfs harddrive
To repair the NTFS boot sector, no need of another disk.