Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:50:57 +0330 From: takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bsd lost partition recovery Message-ID: <CAPkyVLz9-jE=jmNcN8Sxu2egcRLkr4J6XV-1LZFFkx96WTRi7A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130217180116.63bc8052@X220.ovitrap.com> References: <CAPkyVLyOnQBq%2BbuUxzHsbDRcA3sXHuxTF9BSr8P8aKmJ4TWDHQ@mail.gmail.com> <20130217180116.63bc8052@X220.ovitrap.com>
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Thank you for your reply.. On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > >On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:56:54 +0330 > >takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> *here's the question:* > >> how to restore lost data of a formatted bsd partition?! > >> > >restore it from a backup? > no, from the formatted hard drive.. if only i had a backup.. > > >> *and here's what has happened to me:* > >> i was trying to install windows xp sp2 on a HD on my system to move > >> it to another hardware after that for some reasons, but i had my main > >> HD attached to may system as well.. > >> > >> all of a sudden i made the worst misktake ever and formatted my main > >> HD's bsd partition instead!!! > > If you want to read the data from that partition it will depend very > much on how far the Windows installation really went. > > i just deleted the partition and then found out what i just did, then i stopped the installation process and start looking ways for recovery.. till now, somewhere in the web i saw that R-Studio supports ufs recovery but it's a windows application.. i'm preparing a system for checking it right now.. Best Regards, t.a.k On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Erich Dollansky < erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:56:54 +0330 > takCoder <tak.official@gmail.com> wrote: > > > *here's the question:* > > how to restore lost data of a formatted bsd partition?! > > > restore it from a backup? > > > *and here's what has happened to me:* > > i was trying to install windows xp sp2 on a HD on my system to move > > it to another hardware after that for some reasons, but i had my main > > HD attached to may system as well.. > > > > all of a sudden i made the worst misktake ever and formatted my main > > HD's bsd partition instead!!! > > If you want to read the data from that partition it will depend very > much on how far the Windows installation really went. > > Erich >
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