OpenSUSE Install :: Recovering Data From Drive ?
Jan 8, 2011
I've accidently begun installing Ubuntu Studio onto my OpenSUSE drive I stupidly forgot to to swap my hard drive cables around.
Luckily, the Ubuntu Studio install failed before I noticed the problem, but I need to access the SUSE drive to pull some date off of it. Whats the best way of doing this?
I used a program in windows XP to try and pull the data (mainly holiday snaps) off the drive, but it only works on NTFS file systems, so didn't get me what I need.
How can I access the data on the linux partitions? I'm fairly certain I was using 11.2, which after a bit of googling seems touse the EXT3 file format. Correct?
I'm in over my head here really, as you can probably tell, but what my limited knowledge leads me to believe is that the Ubuntu installer overwrote my partition table (is that right?) but left all the data there still.
Ideally I need a program very similar to the one that I used, but which works for the SUSE filesystem, and runs under XP (my only working OS at the moment)
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Mar 4, 2010
I have a Hard Drive that has a corrupted file system and i have tried the usual MS Windows fixes, chkdsk and a number of recovery tools inc Dos recovery tools and failed.
The Drive is an MS Windows drive with an NTFS file system.
chkdsk scans and after several hours fixing numerous problems eventually gives up and fails to complete.
The directory "My Documents" contains several GB of data and displays that this is true. When trying to access the directory, access is denied because its corrupt. Using Windows and Dos recovery tools i can view the contents of the directory sometimes! but cannot copy out any of the data, the applications return messages saying no can do basically.
I would like to try to use Linux to recover the data.
Problem number one is i have never tried to add a hard drive to an existing Linux system before, how do i go about adding a new drive?
The 2nd problem is, is there a Linux application that i can use to attempt to repair and recover the corrupt data on this drive or more specifically in the "My Documents" directory.
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Dec 3, 2009
The following quote is the sad, sad story of a thumb drive with the partition table nuked, as told by a friend of mine:
Quote:
Data was recovered from an XP system by booting with a BartPC CD and copying onto a USB thumb drive. Nothing unusual.
System was rebooted into the XP install CD.
The first drive that was found was the 16gb thumb drive (AKA flash drive) and the person (re) installing XP didn't catch the fact that XP presented the 16gb thumb drive instead of the 160gb hard drive.
The drive partition function in XP deleted the partition table - on the thumb drive.
A freeware utility in Windows shows the data but can't recover the file names, so that everything is gobbledygook. Does anybody know of a utility or program under Linux that can help? I have a laptop running F 12 and can do the work if needed, but don't know what program to use.
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May 27, 2010
A friend of mine somehow managed to accidentally format her USB key the other day. It had all the photos of her daughter on it and she's more than a little upset about it.
I've told her not to fret too much just yet and that I'll have a look to see if there's any way to recover any of the data (specifically the photo's, she's not overly fussed about the rest)
I've had a look through the web, and foremost looks like it's the most promising option but I don't want to start messing around with it until I've asked my fellow ubuntu users for advice and thoughts.
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Jul 4, 2010
I have recently gotten hold of a device that helps me plug my old ATA/IDE hard drive to my computer and view my old files that I wish to recover. I am using Ubuntu and the harddrive that I wish to retrieve the data from also has an Ubuntu install on it. The files I wish to recover are old .doc files, which I want to keep to remember my old writings.
The problem I have encountered arises when I wish to open some of the files. The icon for some of the files, which happen to be my best writings, has an X on the top right, indicating that I cannot view the contents. When I click on the files, the following error message pops up: "Access to /media/c885571b-a6e5-4a2d-937a-78af7050910/george/Courses/hist388/Passion.doc was denied."
Now, I am guessing that I need to be able to log in as superuser or something to be able to access these files, so I logged in my terminal as super user by following the instructions outlined on this page: [url]
I still did not have the sufficient access required to be able to open the files that I would like to retrieve.
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Mar 24, 2011
let me know is there any package available in ubuntu for recovering data from the usb drive
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Apr 25, 2010
I am trying to transfer files from a SATA hard drive with Windows Vista (Home Premium) installed on it. Some files I can easily copy over, others just say Access Denied.
I'm sure permissions is part of the issue, unofrtunately Windows is unable to boot at all (surpise surprise) so I can't adjust anything from within in. I know with XP drives I can easily copy and paste onto my Ubuntu machine. I'm using a SATA to USB converter that let's me plug it in and my desktop reads it like an external hard drive.
I've gone into the properties and under permissions it shows my account as having access to Create and delete files under folder access amd "---" under File access. My group and others show None and --- for Folder and File access. I can post a link to a screenshot tomorrow. I've tried to also select Read and Write for File access but it goes back to the dashes before I can apply it.
I am running 64 bit Ubuntu 9.10 and do not have the sharing aspect installed. Any questions please feel free to ask me.
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Jan 18, 2010
I have an external USB hard drive that I need to recover some data from, but I see from fdisk -l that the partition uses LVM:
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sdd
Disk /dev/sdd: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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I've followed various lvm tutorials all of which describe setting up lvm from fresh on empty disks. Unfortunately non mention how to 'install' new a drive that was previously set up with lvm. I have had a go anyway and may have now lost my data. Here's what I've ended up with (the partition in question is sdd1):
Code:
[root@localhost ~]# pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sdd1
VG Name vg02
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I've tried mounting with other fstypes, but all give the same error.
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Oct 4, 2010
OK, was trying to make a live-usb boot partition on my 1.5TB HD; in doing so clicked a 'wipe disk' button.
A second later I realised what I'd done, clicked cancel (frantically), tried to unmount the drive but was told 'volume busy'. In a panic, unplugged the drive. Unsurprisingly, the drive is now a mess.
I'd had 1 30G FAT32 partition (empty) at sdd1, 1 1.5TB ext4 partition with about 500G of data at sdd2. Now according to gparted I have an unrecognised filesystem type; according to the 'Disk Utility' I have an unmountable 1.5TB FAT32 drive.
I know NOTHING about data recovery. If it's just a case of running a couple of magic 'check & fix' programs then I should be OK, but anything else and I'll have to take it to more skilled friends.
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Apr 6, 2011
I was trying to fix some hardware on my laptop and i ended up mucking the whole thing up. The HDD seems to fine though. I have it in a external HDD enclosure and it's plugged into my mothers desktop through usb.I'm trying to print some files I have, but my home directory on the external HDD is encrypted.
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Mar 27, 2011
I've just got a STA/IDE to USB 2.0 gadgetas a quick and dirty way to get data off a HDD Plugged everything in hoping with no particualr reason that it would work like a USB stick. Device notifier spotted drive but wouldn't mount it
Code:
dmesg | tail
[20197.639369] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[20197.639373] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Sense Key : Medium Error [current]
[20197.639378] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Add. Sense: Peripheral device write fault
[20197.639383] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] CDB: Write(10): 2a 00 00 60 7c cf 00 00 08 00
[20197.639391] end_request: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 6323407
[20197.639397] Buffer I/O error on device sdb6, logical block 8210
[20197.639399] lost page write due to I/O error on sdb6
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Mar 15, 2011
A few days ago I accidentally deleted a video file from the trash and I am looking forward to recover it but google could not give me a hand. Even worse I don't remember the name of the file.
Is there any specific free software for this? Or command line? (I am not good at it but can learn fast).
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May 5, 2010
I was previously running postgresql 8.3, but upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04, has installed postgresql 8.4 and I'm now unable to start 8.3. I don't mind using 8.4, but I need to recover the data from my 8.3 installation, But I'm not sure how to do this as I can't start the 8.3 server, and 8.4 can't read my old data directory.
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Jul 8, 2010
My pen drive and hard drive are corrupted. When I use them on windows, I get an message saying "the disk needs to be formatted:". I have tried every way of recovering data on windows but have been unsuccessful.
If anyone knows of a powerful software or procedure for recovering data from a corrupted drive.
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Jun 3, 2010
Ubuntu 9.10 64bit. Acer Laptop
Using ubuntu 9.10 cd to access laptops hard drive.
foun readme file in /media/disk/mark
opened with openoffice. THIS DIRECTORY HAS BEEN UNMOUNTED TO PROTECT YOUR DATA.
From the graphical desktop, click on: "Access Your Private Data"
or
From the command line, run: $ ecryptfs-mount-private
So I tried a couple of ways...
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Dec 1, 2009
Trying to recover data off a shot hard drive. XP system. says I don't have permission to open the drives/folders.. not the owner...
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Jul 3, 2011
My machine has dual boot windows xp and ubuntu 10.04. Today accidently i deleted two of my ntfs drive which contained vital projects of my college. Can anybody help me to recover my lost data.
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Jun 1, 2010
I have a DVD that I want to recover. The problem is that it will not mount because it has a small scratch at the beginning of the first track. Is there any way to force mount the DVD and recover at least the unscratched part of the DVD?
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Aug 11, 2010
So I've pulled two hard drives out of my busted windows xp system (dead mb) and I'm trying to get some data off of them. The drives are in raid 0, so my friend told me that I might be able to do something if I use linux. Some late night searching on the internet directed me to a few resources, one of which was this forum. I've tried 2 methods, neither of which have worked.
1. mdadm
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mdadm --detail /dev/sdb
mdadm: /dev/sdb does not appear to be an md device
2. dmraid
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo dmraid -s
/dev/sdb: "sil" and "hpt45x" formats discovered (using hpt45x)!
ERROR: sil: wrong # of devices in RAID set "sil_agafdhcebccj" [1/2] on /dev/sda
ERROR: removing inconsistent RAID set "sil_agafdhcebccj"
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I've got some files for work that I'd really like to get off there. I've played with unix a bit in college and I've ran ubuntu before, but usually using the GUI, so a lot of this stuff is over my head. But from what I gather, my system thinks that one of the drives isn't a raid drive?
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May 16, 2010
I was trying to delete a logical drive in windows xp and the damn disk management tool in windows not only deleted my other windows partition but also my linux /data ext3 partition. Now I have a unallocated space in place of these partitions. The data is still there but the entries in the partition table have been removed. So how do I recover my partition. I was trying to use the following tutorial. [URK]
I used the sudo parted /dev/sda -- and then rescue START END command and could get back the /data partition. But it gives me the following error while mounting the partition. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda7, missing codepage or helper program or other error. In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so.
What does this mean. How to I fix this? Also when I try to recover my windows partition using parted it scans for a while and then does nothing. It doesnot ask for writing the lost partition in the partition table. What do I do?
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Jul 27, 2009
I started some months ago with Fedora 10, installed (on a barebones hardware package) from a DVD I got with a magazine. I liked it, and it worked fine. When 'Update Available' messages arrived, I installed the updates. When Fedora 11 arrived the same way, I installed that, a few weeks ago, and it, too, was working fine. A few days ago another 'Update Available' message arrived, and I installed it, unfortunately without backing up first. There was a message then that said to restart computer (which was still working fine).
I restarted the computer, and it would go as far as the moving blue bar across the bottom, then stop with a blinking cursor on a black screen. After trying several things, including the recovery part of the original DVD, I put a different, clean drive in the computer and reinstalled Fedora 10 from the original DVD. What I was hoping is that I could then install the original drive as a secondary one and get access to the files on it.
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Oct 2, 2010
I've got 10.10 running trying to recover files from 10.04/10.10 I don't know what to call it. I did update-manager -d but all I get is a bunch of failed packages when I try to run it, so I downloaded the full RC iso. Now I'm trying to recover my stuff from the HD using a live-usb. The only problem is, when I try to copy the files onto my SD card, I do not have permission to access some of the stuff on the HD and some of the stuff like the "Desktop" I do.
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Dec 19, 2010
I just installed kubuntu 10.10, replacing an older installation. I have three hard drives one of which had all of the data I wanted to save, about 500gb. I repartitioned and formatted the other two drives and made sure that the data drive would be mounted but not formatted. When I booted into my new installation, the data drive was blank. I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I had just upgraded the file system from ext2 to ext4 before starting the installation.
I've been trying to recover my lost partition with testdisk. The website has instructions for recovering a formatted partition. It looks like it's working until the instructions tell me to choose Boot and RebuildBS, which I don't see as options. Can anyone give me any advice on how to recover? How did this even happen? Has anyone had a similar issue with installation?
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Jan 7, 2011
Since recently I have installed windows (dont worry I will be back to ubuntu soon enough but I've ran into some trouble), I had installed windows on my main hard disk (I couldn't install windows on my 2nd hard disk for some reason).
There were 2 partitions on the main hard disk, 1 which had all my data and another which had all the system fyles for ubuntu on it I believe.
Now I deleted the small system fyle partition and installed windows over it thinking I'd have all my data on the other partition when I needed.
But when I started up ubuntu with a live USB (I had made it prior to deinstalling ubuntu because I wanted to go back asap) and browsed my files, I noticed that I couldn't get to my private data anymore!
The /home/user partition is still there but it only has a file in it which says something like "recover-private-data.desktop" but when I double click it (made it executable) it just pops up a terminal real fast and disappears.
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Apr 29, 2010
I have foulty hard drive partition which would not mount so browsing internet I found out that it is posible to use Terminal I'm using mac, so hard is 1tb devided in 2 partitions 1st mac extended, 2nd FAT32 2nd would not mount, when try connect hard to windows pc it freezes everything so decided to use Knoppix from CD
using that OS I can see both partition but the faulty one is very slow takes up to 5min to open every folder so tried to connect other hard and copy paste folders but I can not create ot paste anything on new connected hard there is always Access Denied or Permition Denied found post on forume where someone used dd command and I tried that, data goes from sdc2 to sdc1 that's what's happend:
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and I'm not shure, is it copying, is it still doing something or I should stop this and go to Data Recovery Specialists?
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Jan 19, 2011
I have 2 RAID1 hard drives with possibly hardware errors, (when I tried to mount them in a degraded array, they won't start, throwing some Buffer I/O errors) So I used ddrescue to make a disk image out of one drive, ran losetup to use the image file as loopback device:
Code:
losetup /dev/loop0 imagefile.img
but when I tried to assemble a raid array including the /dev/loop0 device like:
Code:
mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 --force /dev/loop0
it will complain that no superblock is found on /dev/loop0 device. With desperation, I tried to create a legacy raid array with following command, of course, including one of the bad drives:
Code:
mdadm -B /dev/md0 --level=1 -n2 /dev/sdb1(bootable partition on the bad drive) /dev/loop0
I successfully created a new RAID1 array, but when I tried to mount it
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Now the only thing I haven't tried is to clean the superblock by doing --zero-superblock, and not sure if that will solve the problem. Should I get a second drive to hold my broken drive image so that I might be able to assemble a good RAID1 array or should I continue working on the only disk image file I recovered from one of the broken drives?
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Aug 11, 2010
how to recover A mounted RAID5 data???
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Feb 27, 2010
I am kind of at a loss on how to recover data from a 15 year old floppy (Simcity 2000, bought the copy off of ebay thinking it was the cd version and well...). At first I could see the files on the disk, but couldn't read them. So, I ran chkdisk on windows and it couldn't fix the disk. I have heard things about dd_rescue, which I have tried, but it just produces an error filled image that I can't recover any data from. I don't think it really tried all that hard to read the sectors that have problems.
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Jun 2, 2011
I had a major OS crash (Gentoo) maybe 2 months ago and completely neglected my system. Now I want to recover all my mirror raid data back so that I can restore the system. My plan is this:
1) copy all data so that I can have a backup
2) rebuild system with some HW upgrades
First step is to get the data out. I managed to boot with Knoppix and I have full access to my ext2 partitions. My mistake was to create the mirror partitions and these are not working now. I copied my /etc/mdadm.conf into /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf in Knoppix and then tried to start the services. This is what I got:
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ /etc/init.d/mdadm start
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ /etc/init.d/mdadm-raid start
Assembling MD arrays...failed (failed to load MD subsystem).
I can see the partitions:
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These are my current ideas:
1) Can I change the filesystem type from mdraid to ext2 or ext3 safely?
2) How can I mount these raid filesystems so that I can copy my data?
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Mar 12, 2010
Today I wanted to make a backup of my Ubuntu server. Since the program wasn't working for me, I rebooted my computer and right now it wont boot. Now I entered recovery mode and I'm trying to recover my /var/www and /etc/mrtg folders. I want to copy them to my USB-Stick but Ubuntu wont do this.
The command I tried: Code: cp -r /var/www /dev/sdg1/www I already created the folder via a other system. I also tried to mount the USB stick: Code: mount /dev/sdg1 /mnt/usbe But im getting the following error: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/libsepol.so.1: Invalid ELF header.
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