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On Friday 30 April 2010 00:43:41 dhk wrote: |
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> While setting up a new disk I accidentally ran "mke2fs /dev/sda1" |
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> instead of "mke2fs /dev/hda1". When I realized the mistake (about 2 |
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> seconds later) I hit Ctrl-C before mke2fs was done. Now I can't mount |
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> the drive. Is there a way to read the drive to get the data off or is |
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> it unrecoverable? |
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For all practical intents and purposes, and for all reasonable values of |
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"effectively", your data is effectively gone. |
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Money, lots of money, could tip the sales in your favour. |
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This is why you made backups. You did make backups, right? |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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