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Old 01-28-2010, 11:24 AM   #1
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recovering a 'ntfs' partition which got ruined by mkfs.ext4 command


I just ruined my /ntfs partition. I used the mkfs command and stopped it by ^C immidiately, but it was too late.

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1

Is there a way to recover NTFS partition now ?

The partition </dev/sdb1> was 'ntfs' and mkfs.ext4 did not check if it was a ext4 or give any pre-check warning, just went ahead with making the ext4 fs on a ntfs partition.
 
Old 01-28-2010, 08:59 PM   #2
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I think you'll need data recovery tools as the fat will be gone
eg. GetDataBack

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Old 01-28-2010, 09:08 PM   #3
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I think you'll need data recovery tools as the fat will be gone
eg. GetDataBack

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my intention is to get back the NTFS 'ditectory table' .. whole disk structure back. Recovery tools give you piece meal specific data at a time.

I mean I would want to reverse the damage. Some how, ntfs should read back itself and create back all the directory structure (assuming its somewhere there not lost )
 
Old 01-28-2010, 11:01 PM   #4
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You might want to id the partition as NTFS in fdisk. Then run "ntfsfix". This may mark it so that Windows runs chkdisk on it when it boots up. I don't know how much redundancy there is in the NTFS filesystem, or if too much was deleted for chkdisk to run.
 
Old 09-18-2010, 06:53 AM   #5
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I have same problem here

Did you get any luck on recovering i-nodes?

The partition is flagged NTFS on fdisk
fix doesnt work

I'll post the output when I get home

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Old 09-18-2010, 07:32 AM   #6
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I once managed to slice up an ntfs partition with a BSD system and I used Test disk as found on the Parted magic live CD to restore the partition table,however yours. sounds like you have overwritten data on the partition, Ohhh
If there is a way or a tool you might find what you need on either Parted magic live CD or even better the UBCD... good luck.
 
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