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From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz>
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Subject: Re: tool to recover fat partition
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Gonzalo Nemmi wrote:
> So ...
> 
> newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here
> 
> .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong 
> drive ...
> 
> Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)?
> 
> Thanks for you help :)
> 
> Regards

Ouch, feel your pain.  I've used sysutils/ddrescue for recovery
from a FAT partition, but I'm not at all sure if it will help in
your situation.

Kevin Kinsey
-- 
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