On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Rishi Bhushan Agrawal <postrishi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > yes all the data has been recovered back and even the directory structure is > intact. > > But I want to find a proper solution to these kind of problems. > > So I have not deleted the partition and still want to recover it. > > The point behind it is that when every thing is correct and in place then > only MBR and the Partition table needs to be modified. Backup is the key. In this case, backing up MBR and Extended partition chain and then restoring it. Thanks. > > So what modification can result in correcting it ? > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Pranav Peshwe <pranavpeshwe@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> >> Hi Rishi, >> If you have recovered *all* your data from the partition then, you can >> just delete the partition (using fdisk) and create a new one in the same >> place. Then, format it with whatever filesystem you want and start using it. >> >> Hope, i am not missing anything :-? >> >> - P >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Rishi Bhushan Agrawal >> <postrishi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> I could recover all the files using the "testdisk" program on windows. >>> >>> I would like to proceed with correcting the MBR and the partition table. >>> >>> >>> How do i do it ?? >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Pranav Peshwe <pranavpeshwe@xxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:25 AM, rishi agrawal <postrishi@xxxxxxxxx> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Sorry for the previous mails.... >>>>> >>>>> I tried a NTFS recovery tool named as >>>>> >>>>> 1st NTFS Recovery 3.3.1.0( evaluation Version). >>>>> >>>>> It is very good. It took out the whole directory structure correctly. >>>>> The only problem is that in order to access the files I need to pay for it >>>>> and I dont want to do that. >>>>> >>>>> As the directory structure is correct it is proved that the partition >>>>> is untouched and correct and simple MBR manipulations can result in >>>>> recovering the drive correctly. >>>>> >>>>> I am quite hesitant to do anything without a clear cut idea as i may >>>>> lose the data. >>>> >>>> Although it is off-topic on this list - i would suggest a simple thing >>>> here since you seem to have valuable data on the disk. Before you use any >>>> tools for recovery, create a raw copy(image) of the entire partition on >>>> another hard disk. The dd command in linux/unix will be useful for doing >>>> that. Once you have the image, you can mount it (in linux or any other OS of >>>> your choice) and experiment on it in various ways. This way, you won't risk >>>> losing your data in case, any tool behaves badly. >>>> >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Pranav >>>> http://pranavsbrain.peshwe.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Rishi B. Agrawal >>> >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Rishi B. Agrawal > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
