Not to mention all that superblock/alternate superblock stuff. I assume (?) that the partition and it's contents is recoverable by writing the partiton structure to the drive.īut TestDisk was not able to do that and I have no idea as to what to do to get it done. This is where I loose footing, way out of my depth. To repair the filesystem using alternate superblock, runįsck.ext4 -p -b superblock -B blocksize device Select the correct one and press Proceed.Disk /dev/sdf - 300 GB / 279 GiB - CHS 36472 255 63 You'll be prompted to choose the disk media. The layout is similar to TestDisk, and so is the navigation. This command will start PhotoRec and take you to the start menu. If you didn't install TestDisk earlier, check out the above section and install the testdisk package. So, if you have already installed TestDisk, you don't need to install PhotoRec again. You can install PhotoRec on different Linux distros using the same commands used for installing TestDisk. However, files retrieved via PhotoRec don't retain their original filename. It uses file signatures to detect deleted files which makes it immensely powerful.

The difference between TestDisk and PhotoRec is that the latter can retrieve files even from disks that have been corrupted beyond repair. You can use PhotoRec to recover all sorts of deleted files. It was developed for recovering deleted photos on Linux but evolved into a full-fledged program of its own. PhotoRec is another powerful data recovery program created by the developers of TestDisk. Recover Deleted Files on Linux Using PhotoRec

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