Linux data recovery

[Subliminal Aura]

Was in fdisk to check the partition table before mounting.

Whilst exiting pressed w instead of q GRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr so the partition table is written

The table is the same as before but my data is gone. can anyone recommend me something for recovering the data ?

 

[M0KUJ1N]

If you have the partition table written back *exactly* i.e. same blocks for starts of partitions as it was then it should be readable and mountable again.
Also, you haven't altered the disk geometry settings inadvertently?

 

[Subliminal Aura]

If you have the partition table written back *exactly* i.e. same blocks for starts of partitions as it was then it should be readable and mountable again.
Also, you haven't altered the disk geometry settings inadvertently?

Thats what I would have thought but when mounting the disk the data is not there

 

[matja]

gpart will fix it
It's a free opensource program that detects your partition layout by recognising where the filesystems start and end.

Here's the site :
http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/

Your best bet would probably be to boot a Linux live-cd, download that (its statically-linked, so should work on any distro) and give it a whirl.

It has saved my backside a few times

 

[swinnie]

If you want a live cd I would recommend Linux Slax.

http://www.slax.org/

I did know another one but the name...let alone the website escapes me!

Good luck...that one has saved my skin a few times too!

 

[Subliminal Aura]

@matja thanks dude I'll give it a try later tonight

 

[ByteJuggler]

You might also try TRK:

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?wpid=1&front_id=12

One of the best linux livecd recovery cd's IMO (includes ntfs3g for seamless NTFS read-write access if required.)