Re: Tools to retrieve images from dead hard drive and/or deleted partitions
Hi,
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:17:56PM +0100, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
> Ok, first, sorry to ask two questions at a time: dead drives and
> deleted partitions are different things, I know that.
...
> (2), I've more hopes, IF the user stopped the destructive process
> before the disk was fully erased, but I'll need the good tools.
Look for Debian package testdisk
http://packages.debian.org/sid/testdisk
When my PC HDD became dead completely, I used this testdisk to recover
photos on SD card in camera after erase. Of corse, any files
overwritten by newer images were lost. But, it was a very easy job and
I got most of the recent photos. It guides you through nicely. (I worked
on disk image first...)
After everything went fine, I tried to run unrecommended mode --- work
directly on erased SD card. Wow, it worked for me.
PhotoRec mentioned by another comes as a part of testdisk suites of
tools.
I still recommends you to make disk image first. If buying big HDD for
disk image is not your option for some reason, you may try this
dangerous direct recovery trick using some live CD and testdisk package.
It is better than doing nothing...
In any case, you should practive recovery on small test case first ...
Osamu
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