From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 17 14:20:06 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E718AF13 for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from leslie@eskk.nu) Received: from mx1.bjare.net (mx1.bjare.net [212.31.160.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AE3C9BA for ; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 14:20:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B96C5E475; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:07:56 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mx1.bjare.net X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.912 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.912 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=-0.165, BAYES_00=-2.599, RDNS_NONE=0.1, SPF_SOFTFAIL=0.596, SUBJECT_FUZZY_TION=0.156] Received: from mx1.bjare.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mx1.bjare.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id ISzhVWgQFIjT; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:07:50 +0100 (CET) X-BN-MX1: ja X-BN-MailInfo: BjareNet Received: from bljbsd01.no-ip.org (unknown [195.216.53.111]) by mx1.bjare.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF49A5E41E; Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:07:45 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <5120E432.8030803@eskk.nu> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 15:07:46 +0100 From: Leslie Jensen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130129 Thunderbird/17.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: tak.official@gmail.com Subject: Re: bsd lost partition recovery References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 14:20:07 -0000 2013-02-17 10:26, takCoder skrev: > hi everyone, > > maybe this question is somehow off-topic but now i'm in an urgent need of > any recommendations.. > > *here's the question:* > how to restore lost data of a formatted bsd partition?! > > *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!!! > > would someone please tell me how can i restore it?? i'm really in need of > my data there and have no idea right now.. > > Best Regards, > t.a.k > > P.S. i'm asking this question here cause i thought it may need a special > tool to recover freebsd formatted lost data.. i had no time for googling it > till now..i'm going to do that now.. sorry for taking your time.. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Sorry to inform you but I think you have lost your partition! If you go to the archives and look for "My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk" Nov 1 2012 You'll see that I have had the same problem and the partition was not recoverable in any way. /Leslie