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gvstn

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5. Your problem is exactly like mine--complete destruction of the file table.

Thu Aug 20, 2015, 11:29 AM

Aug 2015

The things I tried with no success at even recovering raw data were:

TestDisk is usually fairly good at restoring a partition have you tried that already? PhotoRec didn't work either,also usually pretty good.

Partition Wizard (Windows program is not bad at recovering some partitions. I think you can create a bootable disk if you don't run Windows at all.)

PowerData Recovery (http://www.mediafire.com/download/i4d4e2allk4ynd7/pdr6nolimitfree.exe This a free version of the bootable disk--You must select "I am a Home USER" when starting the program or it won't be free to recover your files.) Is fairly simple point click. Guide: http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/damaged-partition-recovery.html

I think the above three might be worth a try to rule them out.

I can't remember the one that finally worked (I torrented a program) but it only gave me exactly what you currently have with the thousands of log files etc. It happened to be the partition where I keep media files so I just saved the biggest movie and music files and dumped the rest.

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Anyone here ever use Scalpel to recover deleted files ? [View all] eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 OP

Nope - never heard of it left-of-center2012 Aug 2015 #1

That's kind of how I found out about scalpel ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #2

You're on Linux? gvstn Aug 2015 #3

I've been searching the Web already ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #4

Your problem is exactly like mine--complete destruction of the file table. gvstn Aug 2015 #5

TestDisk/PhotoRec is what got me the 850K (or so) nameless files. eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #6

Good Luck. gvstn Aug 2015 #7

A little w0nderer Aug 2015 #8

Thanks, looks like some useful info in that article. eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 #9

:-) slackware based w0nderer Aug 2015 #10

Well, "compile from source" drives me nuts. eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #11

compile from source shouldn't be done WHEN you have to rescue w0nderer Sep 2015 #12

Yeah, I'm aware of the situation in that last sentence. Not average user stuff. eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #13

is this a linux box or a mac os x box? w0nderer Sep 2015 #14

Autopsy is now supported by CAINE -- interface is fairly easy. eppur_se_muova Nov 2017 #20

Do you know generally about the file format a2liberal Sep 2015 #15

Thanks, that's how I seem to have found some of my files ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #16

Awesome! a2liberal Sep 2015 #17

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No clue from me, but have you tried Ars Technica forums? They have helped me a lot. fleabiscuit Jan 2017 #19

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