Recovering data of an formatted ext4 partition
An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?
I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.
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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?
I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.
data-recovery
asked Jun 27 '14 at 8:10
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try to find backup partition tables withwipefs. doman wipefsfor info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!
– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?
I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.
data-recovery
asked Jun 27 '14 at 8:10
user62511user62511
72731529
An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?
I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.
data-recovery
data-recovery
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asked Jun 27 '14 at 8:10
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try to find backup partition tables withwipefs. doman wipefsfor info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!
– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
add a comment |
try to find backup partition tables withwipefs. doman wipefsfor info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!
– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
try to find backup partition tables with
wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
try to find backup partition tables with
wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.
sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10
I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.
answered Apr 28 '17 at 0:28
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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.
sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10
I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.
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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.
sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10
I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.
answered Apr 28 '17 at 0:28
Rajind RuparathnaRajind Ruparathna
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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.
sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10
I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.
answered Apr 28 '17 at 0:28
Rajind RuparathnaRajind Ruparathna
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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.
sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10
I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.
answered Apr 28 '17 at 0:28
Rajind RuparathnaRajind Ruparathna
1213
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try to find backup partition tables with
wipefs. doman wipefsfor info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10
testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.
– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32
@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?
– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41