Re: Please help: Accidentally wiped off the whole hard disk!!!
Deboo writes:
> Someone mentioned that it's theoretically possible to reconstruct and get
> all data back.
Nothing theoretical about it. If all you did was repartition all you did
was write a new partition table to the MBR. The data was not touched. Put
the MBR back the way it was and you're fine.
> How much is it practically possible...
If you only altered the MBR you can recover everything.
> ...what are the reasons for failure, provided I do it very methodically
> and have the exact partition info? When does this "may lose data" come in
> to picture? Please explain.
You made a mistake once: you might do so again. The hardware might fail.
The software might have a bug. Back up the disk with dd before you start
(if possible).
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John Hasler
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