Hi, On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:17:56PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and > deleted partitions are different things, I know that. ... > (2), I've more hopes, IF the user stopped the destructive process > before the disk was fully erased, but I'll need the good tools.
Look for Debian package testdisk http://packages.debian.org/sid/testdisk When my PC HDD became dead completely, I used this testdisk to recover photos on SD card in camera after erase. Of corse, any files overwritten by newer images were lost. But, it was a very easy job and I got most of the recent photos. It guides you through nicely. (I worked on disk image first...) After everything went fine, I tried to run unrecommended mode --- work directly on erased SD card. Wow, it worked for me. PhotoRec mentioned by another comes as a part of testdisk suites of tools. I still recommends you to make disk image first. If buying big HDD for disk image is not your option for some reason, you may try this dangerous direct recovery trick using some live CD and testdisk package. It is better than doing nothing... In any case, you should practive recovery on small test case first ... Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
