dd overwrite partition
Posted: 12 May 2020, 19:17
Hello,
1)
i have had an external hard drive 2TB, partition of Apple OSx
Hard drive was / is NOT encrypted
While using some software for installing data on the USB Stick,
i wrongly choosen hard drive and 'dd' process started.
I canceled it after couple seconds.
2)
Current status of the drive is like this
3)
I've got other 2TB drive,
and made 'dd' copy of the overwritten one, to work saftely.
4)
current software i have is
TestDisk 7.0
PhotoRec 7.0
5) What should i do,
what i can count on?
Thank you
1)
i have had an external hard drive 2TB, partition of Apple OSx
Hard drive was / is NOT encrypted
While using some software for installing data on the USB Stick,
i wrongly choosen hard drive and 'dd' process started.
I canceled it after couple seconds.
2)
Current status of the drive is like this
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Disk /dev/sda: 1.8 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: M3 Portable
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x814555ba
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 8192 92159 83968 41M c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2 92160 15126527 15034368 7.2G 83 Linux3)
I've got other 2TB drive,
and made 'dd' copy of the overwritten one, to work saftely.
4)
current software i have is
TestDisk 7.0
PhotoRec 7.0
5) What should i do,
what i can count on?
Thank you