[CentOS] Re: Restoring data from disk w/ messed up partition tables

[Scott Silva]

techlists at comcast.net spake the following on
6/13/2006 1:54 PM:
> Unfortunately, I do *not* remember the original partition settings.
> 
> I was hoping to find a live CD that could fix such disasters (i.e. systemrescueCD, or some such thing). I did find a Windows based program that's supposed to do the trick. The evaluation edition lets you see if it can see your lost data; you have to buy it ($79) to actually be able to recover the data. This was at: 
> 
> http://www.stellarinfo.com/linux-data-recovery.htm
> 
> I'm sure there must be an open source trick somewhere that should work though.
> 
> Paul
Try testdisk. Here is a link to some info of which Live CD's have it.
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Livecd


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