From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 17 11:30:45 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D6DA394 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:30:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com) Received: from alogt.com (alogt.com [69.36.191.58]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54B42229 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:30:42 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alogt.com; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:Mime-Version:References:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=SZTXRe/oY75tYaOZEhO8nVVt7db9aNMzu2cBJ5uB5gA=; b=NvXFLjnht/POeU8Od1sFE2Pjg28cc4S8zC4tX3R+E/NTzf1ERcjs8TawYnyZp0StEPpd2XCqhwuhYgUmvsA6Xpr/cCyYStbfBvccgj1lUvKWrSBwfxeoloCuJOtLsThm; Received: from [122.129.203.50] (port=35417 helo=X220.ovitrap.com) by sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1U72S6-002Qlh-EB; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 04:30:39 -0700 Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:30:28 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky To: tak.official@gmail.com Subject: Re: bsd lost partition recovery Message-ID: <20130217183028.2ea961a1@X220.ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20130217180116.63bc8052@X220.ovitrap.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.6; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - alogt.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: sl-508-2.slc.westdc.net: authenticated_id: erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:30:45 -0000 Hi, On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:50:57 +0330 takCoder wrote: > Thank you for your reply.. you are welcome. > > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Erich Dollansky < > erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com> wrote: > > > >On Sun, 17 Feb 2013 12:56:54 +0330 > > >takCoder wrote: > > > > >> *here's the question:* > > >> how to restore lost data of a formatted bsd partition?! > > >> > > >restore it from a backup? > > > > no, from the formatted hard drive.. if only i had a backup.. > You did it the hard way. > > > > > >> *and here's what has happened to me:* > > >> i was trying to install windows xp sp2 on a HD on my system to > > >> move it to another hardware after that for some reasons, but i > > >> had my main HD attached to may system as well.. > > >> > > >> all of a sudden i made the worst misktake ever and formatted my > > >> main HD's bsd partition instead!!! > > > > If you want to read the data from that partition it will depend very > > much on how far the Windows installation really went. > > > > i just deleted the partition and then found out what i just did, > > then i > stopped the installation process and start looking ways for recovery.. > > till now, somewhere in the web i saw that R-Studio supports ufs > recovery but it's a windows application.. i'm preparing a system for > checking it right now.. > Just try it. Erich