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I normally use Testdisk, which is one of the tools on my TRK utility CD...more info/download here<br><br>http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk<br><br>http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?content=TRINITY_RESCUE_KIT_DOWNLOAD&front_id=12&lang=en&locale=en<br><br>TRK has other utilities on it, too, but after burning the iso, pop it in, with the offending drive connected and boot<br><br>[Read the section on lost/corrupted partition fat tables]<br><br>type testdisk at the prompt, and follow the instructions to analyze the drive....it should see the existing and previous partitions...once your happy that it sees the correct info, save/write the fat table for recovery...it should be that simple....good luck<br><br>Aitch<br>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>> From: boudiccas@talktalk.net<br>> To: kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:53:20 +0100<br>> Subject: [Klug-general] Disaster Recovery?<br>> <br>> I've just installed Debian 6 as my desktop and in the process managed <br>> to format and install debain 6 onto my external hard drive. This <br>> contained <all> my backups of everything in my home folder. So now <br>> I'm having to start afresh with everything but means that I've also lost <br>> everything too.<br>> <br>> The drive was formatted either ext3 or ntfs, i'm not sure which, but i <br>> would be eternally grateful if someone could restore all the information <br>> on it, or work with me following their commands to restore it. <br>> <br>> i can be contacted here through email, or on the irc #klug channel with <br>> the same nick.<br>> <br>> Can you help me recover from this disaster please?<br>> <br>> If not, do you know any reputable disaster recovery people who don't <br>> charge an arm and a leg for restoring it?<br>> <br>> Sharon.<br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Kent mailing list<br>> Kent@mailman.lug.org.uk<br>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent<br> </body>
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