will testdisk let me do a search file type at a time? so for example i can search for mp.3 files in one search, .doc in the next and so on?
2010/1/25 Rob Beard <r...@esdelle.co.uk> > Quoting javadayaz <javada...@gmail.com>: > > > The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the > > 300gb...i could try and use that! > > Ahh, problem is, it won't fit on the 300GB drive. dd will copy > everything on the drive regardless of if there is data there or not. > > You'd need a 400GB or larger hard drive, ideally possibly larger > unless it's an identical model drive (I've found in the past that some > drives from different manufacturers despite being listed as the same > size, they can be slightly different in capacity). > > If you're really stuck you could possibly use gzip to create a backup > image of the drive to your 300GB drive... > > dd if=/dev/sda | gzip -9 > /media/harddrive/backup.img.gz > > where /media/harddrive is the location of where the 300GB drive is > mounted, if you mount it from Gnome then it's likely to be mounted on > a folder in /media > > To be honest though if you can afford it, you could well be worth > getting another drive to back it up on to just in case. > > Rob > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- Regards Javad
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