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Subject: recovery recommendations
From: "m.p." <martin () ebcl ! lib ! id ! us>
Date: 2011-01-21 18:36:41
Message-ID: 1295635001.23452.10.camel () gallylayoh
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Recently a 640GB external enclosure was PEBKAC'd with the following
command:
dd if=/some-185mb-linux-install.iso of=/dev/sdx
[not of=/dev/sdx1]
Since the PEBKAC, the drive has not been written to beyond being
unplugged. I have made an image of the drive and have attempted to run
against it: testdisk, fsck.ext3 with alternate superblocks, and even
"fsck.ext3 -Sy", to no avail.
So. I am *convinced* that my 550gb of data is recoverable. It seems that
[obviously] the first 185mb is gone - whatever files those were.
I have googled, but to be honest, I am not entirely sure I'm searching
the right strings. Most software seems geared towards partition recovery
where a partition has become damaged [which is technically what's
happened], but not exactly; or partition undeleting [which again isn't
technically what happened].
Please, any recommendations that don't involve a time machine are much
appreciated.
If this isn't the place to be asking, please point me in the right
direction.
Thank you.
-mp- - kicking self -
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