[CentOS] Retrive data from repartitioned / reformatted, hard drive?
Mike McCarty
Mike.McCarty at sbcglobal.netFri Jun 29 15:41:59 UTC 2007
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David G. Miller wrote: > If you just want to confirm that some data is still there, you might try > something like: > > 1) Boot from any Linux live CD (knoppix, Fedora 7, etc.). > 2) Open a command window. > 3) Assuming this is the only hard drive and it's /dev/hda: > > dd if=/dev/hda | grep 'some *short* string that should be present' > > 4) If your string survived, you should see something like "binary file > matches'. I wonder how difficult it would be to recognize a BR? Each logical volume (nothing to do with LVM) should have a BR on its first sector. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!
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