Recently a 640GB external enclosure was PEBKAC'd with the following command: dd if=/some-185mb-linux-install.iso of=/dev/sdx [not of=/dev/sdx1] Since the PEBKAC, the drive has not been written to beyond being unplugged. I have made an image of the drive and have attempted to run against it: testdisk, fsck.ext3 with alternate superblocks, and even "fsck.ext3 -Sy", to no avail. So. I am *convinced* that my 550gb of data is recoverable. It seems that [obviously] the first 185mb is gone - whatever files those were. I have googled, but to be honest, I am not entirely sure I'm searching the right strings. Most software seems geared towards partition recovery where a partition has become damaged [which is technically what's happened], but not exactly; or partition undeleting [which again isn't technically what happened]. Please, any recommendations that don't involve a time machine are much appreciated. If this isn't the place to be asking, please point me in the right direction. Thank you. -mp- - kicking self - _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
