Re: OT: fdisk - Data Recovered

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 11:42:49 -0700 Robert wrote: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:53:09 +1100 (EST) > Ian Smith wrote: > > Ian > > I am in the process of dd the entire disk to a 1TB disk but I wanted > to respond to you. You have given a lot of good advice and > information and I appreciate it. > To a

Re: OT: fdisk

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:34:41 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:20:29 -0700, Robert wrote: > > Update > > > > [r...@asus64] ~# dd if=/dev/da1 of=/1tb/disk500.img bs=1m > > 476940+1 records in > > 476940+1 records out > > 500107862016 bytes transferred in 47027.134085 secs (10634453

Re: OT: fdisk

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:20:29 -0700, Robert wrote: > Update > > [r...@asus64] ~# dd if=/dev/da1 of=/1tb/disk500.img bs=1m > 476940+1 records in > 476940+1 records out > 500107862016 bytes transferred in 47027.134085 secs (10634453 bytes/sec) > > ~ 14 hours later here is what I have. > > [r...@asu

Re: OT: fdisk

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 07:52:21 -0700 Robert wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:32:25 +0200 > Polytropon wrote: > > > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 07:08:58 -0700, Robert > > wrote: > > > I have now a free 1TB drive for use. It is formatted as UFS. > > > Should I remove formatting before I dd the 500GB drive to

Re: OT: fdisk

And still the wife doesn't suspect? On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Robert wrote: > On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:53:09 +1100 (EST) > Ian Smith wrote: > > Ian > > I am in the process of dd the entire disk to a 1TB disk but I wanted to > respond to you. You have given a lot of good advice and informat

Re: OT: fdisk

On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:53:09 +1100 (EST) Ian Smith wrote: Ian I am in the process of dd the entire disk to a 1TB disk but I wanted to respond to you. You have given a lot of good advice and information and I appreciate it. > > > ~> fdisk /dev/da1 > > > *** Working on device /dev/da1 *

Re: OT: fdisk

In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 331, Issue 1, Message: 5 On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:19:36 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0600 (MDT) > > Warren Block wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Robert wrote: > > > > > > > Greetings > > > > > > > > I am in deep wit

Re: OT: fdisk

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 07:52:21 -0700, Robert wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:32:25 +0200 > Polytropon wrote: > [r...@asus64] ~# fdisk /dev/md10 > *** Working on device /dev/md10 *** > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > cylinders=7648 heads=255 sectors/track=63 (16065 blks/cyl)

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:29:35 -0700, Robert wrote: > Thanks for the info. I successfully did the above and now I have a > 58.6GB file named disk.img on a UFS disk. > > Umm, what should I do now. Sorry for dumb question number 37 this > weekend but I am a bit confused. Can I do just the opposite to

Re: OT: fdisk

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:32:25 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 07:08:58 -0700, Robert wrote: > > I have now a free 1TB drive for use. It is formatted as UFS. Should > > I remove formatting before I dd the 500GB drive to it? > > Not needed, as you're going to use it under the control

Re: OT: fdisk

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 07:08:58 -0700, Robert wrote: > I have now a free 1TB drive for use. It is formatted as UFS. Should I > remove formatting before I dd the 500GB drive to it? Not needed, as you're going to use it under the control of FreeBSD. After formatting and mounting it, let's say as /mnt,

Re: OT: fdisk

On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:34:13 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:29:35 -0700, Robert wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I successfully did the above and now I have a > > 58.6GB file named disk.img on a UFS disk. > > > > Umm, what should I do now. Sorry for dumb question number 37 this >

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 22:27:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Polytropon wrote: > > > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:00:51 -0700, Robert wrote: > >> I have a spare 250G hard drive. Can I use "dd" to capture 250 gigs > >> from the old drive? Using da1 and ad12 as the if and of will t

Re: OT: fdisk

On Saturday 02 of October 2010 20:36:40 Robert wrote: > Greetings Maybe good tool will be System Rescue CD, Linux Live distribution, it has a tool named ntfs-3g and ntfsprogs. See here: http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_Mounting_an_NTFS_partition_with

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Polytropon wrote: On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:00:51 -0700, Robert wrote: I have a spare 250G hard drive. Can I use "dd" to capture 250 gigs from the old drive? Using da1 and ad12 as the if and of will the result be an NTFS formatted 250g drive? Will I have the same results, i.e.

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 19:40:45 +0200 Polytropon wrote: > On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:00:51 -0700, Robert wrote: > > I have a spare 250G hard drive. Can I use "dd" to capture 250 gigs > > from the old drive? Using da1 and ad12 as the if and of will the > > result be an NTFS formatted 250g drive? Will I ha

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 10:00:51 -0700, Robert wrote: > I have a spare 250G hard drive. Can I use "dd" to capture 250 gigs > from the old drive? Using da1 and ad12 as the if and of will the result > be an NTFS formatted 250g drive? Will I have the same results, i.e. > able to mount ad12 but not ad12s1?

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 08:19:36 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > > Which looks a lot better. I can mount /dev/da1 and it shows > > ~> ls -l /mnt > > total 70044 > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2560 Dec 31 1600 $AttrDef > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 0 Oct 1 09:09 $BadClus > > -rwx

Re: OT: fdisk

> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Oct 2 18:51:14 2010 > Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:51:50 -0700 > From: Robert > To: Warren Block > Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" > Subject: Re: OT: fdisk > > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0600 (MDT) > War

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010, Brandon Gooch wrote: On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Robert wrote: I should have mentioned that before. dd was the first thing I tried. I had an unused drive setup as UFS. Then did dd if=/dev/da1s1 of=/dev/ad12s1d bs=1m count=2000 I believe that the above 'if' operand to

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 21:02:32 +0200, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > Le Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:36:40 -0700, > Robert a écrit : > > > I tried to use "dd" and copy data to another spare drive. It appears > > to work but then I can no longer mount that drive. Other than taking > > it to a data recovery shop

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sun, 3 Oct 2010 01:15:06 -0500, Brandon Gooch wrote: > I believe that the above 'if' operand to dd should instead be /dev/da1 > (without the 's1' slice). Also, the operand 'of' will need to point to > a device, such as /dev/ad12, or a file on a mounted file system, such > as /mnt/my_disk_image

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 9:45 PM, Robert wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:09:27 -0600 (MDT) > Warren Block wrote: > > >> It's weird that da1 can be mounted, but da1s1 can't.  Maybe a problem >> with the filesystem.  Might be repairable, although probably it would >> need proprietary programs.  Don't

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 19:09:27 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wrote: > It's weird that da1 can be mounted, but da1s1 can't. Maybe a problem > with the filesystem. Might be repairable, although probably it would > need proprietary programs. Don't experiment with the original drive, > make a copy wit

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Robert wrote: But I cannot mount /dev/da1s1 ~> sudo mount_ntfs /dev/da1s1 /mnt mount_ntfs: /dev/da1s1: Invalid argument It's weird that da1 can be mounted, but da1s1 can't. Maybe a problem with the filesystem. Might be repairable, although probably it would need propri

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 17:00:00 -0600 (MDT) Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Robert wrote: > > > Greetings > > > > I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was > > running XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no > > longer access that drive. > > > > I pu

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010, Robert wrote: Greetings I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was running XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no longer access that drive. I pulled it and attached it via USB to one of my FreeBSD machines but it will not mount. It is

Re: OT: fdisk

On 02.10.2010 21:08, Jerry wrote: > On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:36:40 -0700 > Robert articulated: > >> I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was running >> XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no longer >> access that drive. > > If the disk is the problem, I wou

Re: OT: fdisk

On Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:36:40 -0700 Robert articulated: > I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was running > XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no longer > access that drive. If the disk is the problem, I would suggest getting a copy of Spin-Rite

Re: OT: fdisk

Le Sat, 2 Oct 2010 11:36:40 -0700, Robert a écrit : > I tried to use "dd" and copy data to another spare drive. It appears > to work but then I can no longer mount that drive. Other than taking > it to a data recovery shop does anyone have any idea. May be "photorec" will help (in systutils/tes

OT: fdisk

Greetings I am in deep with the wife. Her computer went belly up. It was running XP pro and I had backups going to a second drive. I can no longer access that drive. I pulled it and attached it via USB to one of my FreeBSD machines but it will not mount. It is a 500G hard drive and I get _wild_ r