From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 20 08:29:44 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BE211065674 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:29:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C30A8FC14 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:29:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wtf.jlaine@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so1690687ewy.19 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:29:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:date:from:to:cc :subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent :x-operating-system; bh=+CswccKlmNyiBvP1Dwp6X2dFllwGY0h64PUsG5F54aY=; b=RcBuzTHBIgn1UZhsZsSCk1Pw9LtEh1KtjaEdQeSMII/I9IDVlJd0crMB0S5sVoaaAH k4r4gJB9OecHGPRa9/oCIbTr7zZKJB78E/DRYjgn7s1vW8sKyBcFA9D0LfC7wZyOojx2 NASTxwtcsFfRG8wty1hLRa8KOLQJ4R9f2REIo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to :user-agent:x-operating-system; b=PhffGD1R1SeSER979NkE2FzW63rJ59ekhh2r8ojiip6bGPtQshF+bY8XSAXNYFRz5Z H8E/2sEQjuf43i9Mp/GoJvzTqJ0IJeEchXXiAcjz/MTAeKuc7j86kvPflyrNIFdwU6vN NxrebJTKxCxNBjFxxpqK8ynUvHglE1v9ka2qk= Received: by 10.210.61.19 with SMTP id j19mr4812013eba.145.1229761782343; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:29:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from blackmesa ([77.66.225.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm16236693ewy.45.2008.12.20.00.29.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:29:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by blackmesa (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:29:40 +0300 Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:29:40 +0300 From: Jeff Laine To: Fbsd1 Message-ID: <20081220082940.GA45945@free.bsd.loc> Mail-Followup-To: Jeff Laine , Fbsd1 , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <494CA9E6.6050501@a1poweruser.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <494CA9E6.6050501@a1poweruser.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 7.1-RC1 i386 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:29:44 -0000 On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 04:16:38PM +0800, Fbsd1 wrote: > I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my > msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table. > > Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk???? > > What tools do you suggest to use? > I believe it's a job for fsck_msdosfs(8) -- Best regards, Jeff () X-mas ribbon campaign /\