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Harddrive fuxored.

  • 26-05-2004 7:21pm
    #1
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭


    Partition magic had an accident at 95%, and decided to stop rejigging my 160gb harddrive. I was origionally merging a 15 gb partition and a 145gb partition.

    Anyway, it ended up leaving me with my 15gb partition, my 145gb partition, and a new 145gb partition which consisted of just empty space.

    Of course, then it decided to reboot my computer. When it finally booted back up, i found that the feckin thing is showing up as unformatted.

    There is stuff on that drive that i CANNOT lose. Is there any way to recover? OR is it completely fuxored?


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  • #2
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Easy recovery pro ,but you must trransfer it to another physical drive.


    Or else its like trying to clean a dirty glass of water with the same glass :0

    Empty your inbox.



    kdjac


  • #3
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    Inbox emtied (slightly).

    I tried a different recovery program, but it didnt/wouldn't recognise the harddrive as it wasn't formatted! Ack.


  • #4
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Easy Recovery will still work on it. I don't really know of any other program as good as it. Unfortunately they're downloadable demo won't help you much. Its limited in the number of files you can recover.

    <edit>
    You could try using a Knoppix CD, but how well that works depends on the state of your partition table, and it could possibly make things worse.
    </edit>


  • #5
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    Mutant - burn yourself a copy of SystemRescueCD, boot it up, and do

    run_qtparted

    Let us know what you can see.

    Depending on the results, you may also need gpart to guess your partition table. You can put this on a separate floppy and run it after booting with the Rescue CD.

    These are both open-source fully functional tools - no file limitations, expiry dates, or other restrictions. Some Linux knowledge is helpful, but not essential, particularly for Boardsies - just post here if you have any questions.


  • #6
    Mutant_Fruit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭Mutant_Fruit


    i have no working flppy drive. In my wisdom i decided that i'd never need one again, and never replaced it when it broke.

    I'll try the bootable CD now.


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  • #7
    KdjaCL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Easy Recovery is da best

    Check Pms ;)


    kdjac


  • #8
    tomk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,067 ✭✭✭tomk


    Originally posted by Mutant_Fruit
    i have no working flppy drive.

    No problem - boot the Rescue CD with option "cdcache", and it will be loaded entirely into memory. Burn gpart onto another CD, and launch it from there.


  • #9
    elmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 732 ✭✭✭elmer


    guys i've got a drive that i've been asked to take a look at - windows recognises it but can't read the partition on it - will the linux disc help me or would easy recovery be a better option.

    It was in a usb chassis but i can also plug it in as an ide drive is needs be


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