On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 6:47 PM, arshad hussain <arshad.su...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Rishi Bhushan Agrawal > <postri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > yes all the data has been recovered back and even the directory structure > is > > intact. > > > > But I want to find a proper solution to these kind of problems. > > > > So I have not deleted the partition and still want to recover it. > > > > The point behind it is that when every thing is correct and in place then > > only MBR and the Partition table needs to be modified. > > Backup is the key. In this case, backing up MBR and Extended partition > chain and then restoring it. How do I proceed with it ? > > > Thanks. > > > > > So what modification can result in correcting it ? > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Pranav Peshwe <pranavpes...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Rishi, > >> If you have recovered *all* your data from the partition then, you > can > >> just delete the partition (using fdisk) and create a new one in the same > >> place. Then, format it with whatever filesystem you want and start using > it. > >> > >> Hope, i am not missing anything :-? > >> > >> - P > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Rishi Bhushan Agrawal > >> <postri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I could recover all the files using the "testdisk" program on windows. > >>> > >>> I would like to proceed with correcting the MBR and the partition > table. > >>> > >>> > >>> How do i do it ?? > >>> > >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Pranav Peshwe <pranavpes...@gmail.com > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM, rishi agrawal <postri...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Sorry for the previous mails.... > >>>>> > >>>>> I tried a NTFS recovery tool named as > >>>>> > >>>>> 1st NTFS Recovery 3.3.1.0( evaluation Version). > >>>>> > >>>>> It is very good. It took out the whole directory structure correctly. > >>>>> The only problem is that in order to access the files I need to pay > for it > >>>>> and I dont want to do that. > >>>>> > >>>>> As the directory structure is correct it is proved that the partition > >>>>> is untouched and correct and simple MBR manipulations can result in > >>>>> recovering the drive correctly. > >>>>> > >>>>> I am quite hesitant to do anything without a clear cut idea as i may > >>>>> lose the data. > >>>> > >>>> Although it is off-topic on this list - i would suggest a simple thing > >>>> here since you seem to have valuable data on the disk. Before you use > any > >>>> tools for recovery, create a raw copy(image) of the entire partition > on > >>>> another hard disk. The dd command in linux/unix will be useful for > doing > >>>> that. Once you have the image, you can mount it (in linux or any other > OS of > >>>> your choice) and experiment on it in various ways. This way, you > won't risk > >>>> losing your data in case, any tool behaves badly. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> Pranav > >>>> http://pranavsbrain.peshwe.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards, > >>> Rishi B. Agrawal > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards, > > Rishi B. Agrawal > > > > > -- Regards, Rishi B. Agrawal
