XFS Recovery

ostrakaduke · 05-13-2008, 03:47 PM

Hello,
I have a box with 2 hard drives that is booted off a Linux 2.6 live cd (SystemRescueCd). /dev/hdb had 1 XFS formatted partition at /dev/hdb1. /dev/hda was unformatted. I accidentally executed:
mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 /dev/hdb1
instead of
mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 /dev/hda1
which started to format /dev/hdb1 as ext3.

Is there any way for me to recover the data on /dev/hdb1?

Thanks,
Ostraka

shuuhen · 05-14-2008, 04:27 PM

There's a chance Photorec or TestDisk would help (probably not TestDisk, but I don't have enough experience with it to know it's capabilities). Details about them are available at: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec

There's another program that may require more ability called Foremost. I haven't used it yet, but it may be worth taking a look at.

**djaburg** · 05-15-2008, 11:00 PM

You might find something here that may help you.

**djaburg** · 05-15-2008, 11:06 PM

You might find something here that may help you.

05-13-2008, 03:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
ostrakaduke Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Linux	XFS Recovery Hello, I have a box with 2 hard drives that is booted off a Linux 2.6 live cd (SystemRescueCd). /dev/hdb had 1 XFS formatted partition at /dev/hdb1. /dev/hda was unformatted. I accidentally executed: mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 /dev/hdb1 instead of mkfs.ext3 -b 4096 /dev/hda1 which started to format /dev/hdb1 as ext3. Is there any way for me to recover the data on /dev/hdb1? Thanks, Ostraka

05-14-2008, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
shuuhen Manager Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 987 OS: Mac OS 9.1, Mac OS X 10.5.8, WinXP Pro, FreeBSD 6.0, Gentoo Linux My System	Re: XFS Recovery There's a chance Photorec or TestDisk would help (probably not TestDisk, but I don't have enough experience with it to know it's capabilities). Details about them are available at: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec There's another program that may require more ability called Foremost. I haven't used it yet, but it may be worth taking a look at. __________________ Has it been a few days since I replied to your thread? Don't panic! I'm a busy college student and may forget a post if I'm extra busy (or it might just take me a while to be able to do a decent reply). If you still need help and are awaiting my reply after a few days, PM me about it. When posting what errors you get, please give the full message. It makes helping you much easier.

05-15-2008, 11:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: XFS Recovery You might find something here that may help you. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.

05-15-2008, 11:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,321 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: XFS Recovery You might find something here that may help you. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.