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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Recovering data from a formatted hard disk
Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:00:39
Message-Id: E3DD86FD-6F04-49D1-B26B-63C35BB3F5FA@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Recovering data from a formatted hard disk by "Peter Volkov (pva)"
1 On 1 Feb 2006, at 18:27, Peter Volkov (pva) wrote:
2
3 > On Пнд, 2006-01-30 at 17:03 -0800, Grant wrote:
4 >> I've heard that data can be recovered from a formatted hard
5 >> disk....Is it true?
6 >
7 > Short answer for your question is... No. It's not true.
8 ...
9 > suppose you have deleted file. This operation only
10 > removes entry in you directory table, but not the file itself. Or you
11 > did format you hard drive. That will rebuild only file structure on
12 > you
13 > hard drive. Normally that means that you overwrite about 5% of you
14 > drive. All other data is intact. Just read it.
15
16 I think you just contradicted yourself.
17
18
19 > ...If you do `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdd then there is no
20 > chances you'll get you data. Why? Because all byte and bits on your
21 > hard
22 > drive became 0.
23
24 This is not what normally (or at least, _always_) happens when you
25 format a hard-drive.
26
27 Stroller.
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Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Recovering data from a formatted hard disk Alexander Skwar <listen@×××××××××××××××.name>