To follow up on my undelete problem: I used TestDisk which is on the Knoppix boot disk. It does an amazing job of discovering partitions as they existed, and can reset the partition to a usable primary partition where I could recover the data. I suspect that with a little more effort I could have made the partition bootable and recovered the OS, but I didn't need to go that far. One quirk with TestDisk is that it seems to reset all of the partitions to whatever is shown when the write is done. I expected it to only reset the one partition that I changed, but it deleted all of the other partitions. That was not a problem since it could also reset them to available. It is a good tool to keep around for heavy-handed guys like me. Thanks for the help and suggestions. Matt
On Aug 11, 11:23 am, "cat.s" <[email protected]> wrote: > because i am Chinese, i always use DiskGeniusto rebuild the partition table . > it's Chinese , and it's really a good helper. > > Any software which can rebuild partition table can help you to solve this > problem. Anyway ,I searched the Internet and find DiskGenius has it's English > version. > > the link is:http://www.diskgenius.net/, I didn't verify that. > > hope it can help u. > > ----- 原邮件 ----- > 发件人： "Elon G. ("Matt") Matthews" <[email protected]> > 收件人： [email protected] > 抄送： > 发送日期： 2011年8月11日, 星期四, 下午 11:04 > 主题: [lug:17572] Un-delete partition > > In the process of showing off to my grandson I was installing Ubuntu > on his laptop and repartitioned his hard drive, as I have done several > times before. However, this time I had either a finger check or a > brain cramp and (using gparted) deleted his Windows 7 ntfs partition > where all of his personal files are located. I am not a hero any > more! Since the partition has not been accessed since the deletion I > have to believe that the original information is still there. Can > anyone recommend a utility that might recover the partition at least > to the point where I can retrieve the personal files? In order of > importance I need a utility that: 1. recovers the files, 2. runs as a > bootable standalone utility or under Ubuntu, 3. is free or of minimal > cost, 4. makes me a hero. > > Any and all help or suggestions will be deeply appreciated. > > Matt > > -- > Elon G. ("Matt") Matthews > 4263 Vega Course > Liverpool, NY 13090 > (315) 652-6256 > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > References can be found at:http://goo.gl/anqri > Please remember to abide by our list rules > (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rulesorhttp://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup References can be found at: http://goo.gl/anqri Please remember to abide by our list rules (http://tinyurl.com/LUG-Rules or http://cdn.fsdev.net/List-Rules.pdf)
