mount partially formatted drive

true_atlantis · 03-01-2006, 03:26 PM

if I acidentally started to format a drive but I want to see what's still on it, how can I mount it. when I try it says the filesystem is always wrong.

pljvaldez · 03-01-2006, 03:34 PM

Here's a link that has some hard disk forensic tools. http://www.hddrecovery.com.au/HDD_Press_2.htm

Here's some linux Live CD's w/ forensic tools (may be somewhat outdated):

http://www.tech-faq.com/bootable-lin...ibutions.shtml

Note I've never used any of these or tried to recover data like you are (just from an unbootable windows partition). Just what I from a quick google...

pljvaldez · 03-01-2006, 03:37 PM

Oh and here's a presentation of sorts. Didn't really look through it...

http://www.blackhat.com/presentation...-03-willis.pdf

asimba · 03-01-2006, 07:17 PM

Its unlikely you will be able to mount a corrupted filesystem unless its corrected/repaired.

Sören Schneider · 04-03-2006, 10:23 PM

Have a look at this:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=428962

Good luck