Using TestDisk in chunks
Posted: 20 Sep 2013, 01:41
I accidentally wrote over the boot sector of a 2TB external hard drive with an ArchLinux boot image that was about 500MB large. Obviously, the entire file system is unrecognized and asks to be formatted. It was formatted for a windows computer. TestDisk's deep scan failed to recover the partition and I was suggested to use PhotoRec. The problem is how large the external hard drive is. I have numerous extra hard drives but none are 2TB or larger. Is it possible to use PhotoRec in chunks and write to multiple recovery drives?
Or, even better, is there a simpler way to possibly rewrite the boot sector
Or, even better, is there a simpler way to possibly rewrite the boot sector