Data recovery

replys2me · 06-04-2003, 07:49 AM

Hi all,

I recently smashed my hard disk's partition table, superblocks etc. when I performed a defragment {opps

} and then to repair that damage, I used mke2fs rather than tune2fs. {bigger opps}.

Now, I'm sure the data's still there, as e2salvage reports >600 directories on the hard disk, but it seems to seg fault when it tries to write to the device.

Does anyone know if I'm doing anything wrong when I run "e2salvage /dev/hdb", or know about a way of recovering the data?

Thanks all

r2m

whansard · 06-04-2003, 09:00 AM

you need to hook that drive up to another computer so
you don't have to write to it. al you should be doing is
copying stuff off of it.

replys2me · 06-04-2003, 09:05 AM

ok ... so I need another 120 G hard disk. Cheers, I needed an excuse for more disk space

thanks.