From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sun Sep 16 15:37:31 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C16610A3C41 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:37:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wm1-x333.google.com (mail-wm1-x333.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::333]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E81D88E3B3 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vdemart@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wm1-x333.google.com with SMTP id r1-v6so3045866wmh.0 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:37:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PKzYuZuOVM3C0glzMnC70m0ZXDyo6JJu0vvTKZ0va3A=; b=poTjqPty95eowQO1kEN/4V44BeoStlpTKGDFnPCEFCiX/irGKl0Lbthi33M0i7XtZp 1MUnRVPS+yl8aVoUYawm55Aa1ytApG0Gk3n1A53EYBXTgePbx8AfOUuMKMdiiW3afH8u nqOsXhKXSU31oIagriILhclN1pI542/Yk3YXmTAnn0zax6/G2c1Wkwi+cim4HEBbQS6w VaAxhgschaMhLOt0hsppCS1QdJYP9GWsWb/bAL+sSGNKRnwdxas3vA63h6Zlz4b9onZL DbYC8GcWX53IxE1JxWLEgZ0sBrJ7jpgm3yjarLE5WgdrYSibYsjL0nTjm1u/yDXjCh0y pIKQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=PKzYuZuOVM3C0glzMnC70m0ZXDyo6JJu0vvTKZ0va3A=; b=bAdwQXj6jwMt9Z5In2d2pWobNa/L++okG/YzNL4+ckWatwHeLbdFQmFSVFKtpgkEFN hPx23Xpm8SBnJT2ycY9yWPiY/CmlRWpQ3o/aUyOMaLwBIUjSGwL6IPF4SGYbi7l8IcCl Y06TWPxpVXsBjagRxKCqQb73utgf/1yrnCIK/mlm2dyRMlWG6El8vjEnZxWDUiZi/PId 08bChIkUQxWYVItU5x6yNfhcmdJkon9tvwdKfVmW5XX+e6hgi/un5OZwPfGf0cMoYu2j tvNBNScU6OTCwONwFagYHZs9UhDq4kI5T0zxE82JeJ9xSNrNBGdJqn9djTHqz7ANtd1P JM7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AwOjGkuL1NPm8lCs+gAW4KBZu5j/HfkDDqjTuSyxZmH5BhuIkR peHi6uNNBQJ1/3xSHmyLuOg= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdabVYsbv235yiTTYR/4S/DIb2SMh95XztL3kQyqY91+dN96hlnMd9C7KLaLc1Jmcp4AwdenJQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:3314:: with SMTP id z20-v6mr8520622wmz.95.1537112249783; Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:37:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from macbookvittorio.homenet.telecomitalia.it (host65-212-dynamic.16-87-r.retail.telecomitalia.it. [87.16.212.65]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 75-v6sm10930999wml.21.2018.09.16.08.37.28 (version=TLS1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:37:28 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Subject: Re: Recover Fat32 files from a usb hd overwritten with a Freebsd image From: Victor In-Reply-To: <20180915211030.35fdf96a.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 17:37:27 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <49506F64-CF77-413E-8CDC-1BC58E824E2B@gmail.com> References: <778CC5A8-0C53-4FF3-80E4-5F4C73BF3BD3@gmail.com> <20180915211030.35fdf96a.freebsd@edvax.de> To: Polytropon , FreeBSD List X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:37:31 -0000 Il giorno 15/set/2018, alle ore 21:10, Polytropon ha scritto: > ........... > By the way, are you sure it's FAT? Who uses FAT today? In > "Windows" land, external disks tend to be formatted with > NTFS, so in addition to the following information, you > might consider checking if tools from the "ntfsprogs" > package (here: ntfscat, ntfsinfo, ntfsclone, ntfsfix, > or ntfsundelete) could be usable. >=20 >=20 Thank you very much indeed for your detailed instruction. I'll have a go = at magicrescue. By the way the reason why I think I initially had formatted the usb = device as Fat32 is that I used Disk Utility of Mac OS X where the format = is labelled as "MSDOS(FAT)" (the other windows format is "exFAT"). = Maybe I could be wrong .... Thanks again Vittorio=