Robert wrote: > Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The title says it all. One of my clients showed me a 120 GB hard drive >> that his daughter accidentally formatted, according to him. I booted >> the first CD I had at hand - a Slackware 11.0 install CD - and >> launched cdfdisk /dev/hda. cfdisk informed me that there was even no >> partition table. So much for reformatting. cfdisk only shows me 120 GB >> of free space. >> >> Any way to retrive data on this hard drive? Some magic live >> distribution to read data on repartitioned / reformatted hard drives? >> any suggestions? > > I have used testdisk with excellent results. Read about its features, > capabilities and limitations at http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk That at least looks hopeful. Now is the time to instruct your clients on the advisability of backups, I trow. I know, the cows are already out of the barn. 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!