I need to restore an partition on my external USB drive

[flaplante]

I have tried to install the New SuseLinuxEntepriseDesktop on my
desktop. But i forgot to unplug my external HD. So the default
installation of linux suggest to use an existing HDD with a windows
partition on it. I thought that it was the internal HD (Maxtor 120Gb
with a NTFS partition with Windows Vista RC1), but it was the external
disk (Maxtor 160Gb with a FAT32 partition and all my backups)
*&?!%/&?!

I realised the mistake when the installation delete the partition and
then recreate 3 new partitions. I've stopped the installation just
after that, so no data has been write on the new partitions. (i
thought...)

I've tried some tools like Active@Partition Recovery (DEMO) but i see
the 3 new partitions and the super scan dont seem to find any file.

Is anybody know what i can do to get my data back...

I'm waiting for an aswer shortly...
Thanks!

Fred

 

[Arno Wagner]

I have tried to install the New SuseLinuxEntepriseDesktop on my
desktop. But i forgot to unplug my external HD. So the default
installation of linux suggest to use an existing HDD with a windows
partition on it. I thought that it was the internal HD (Maxtor 120Gb
with a NTFS partition with Windows Vista RC1), but it was the external
disk (Maxtor 160Gb with a FAT32 partition and all my backups)
*&?!%/&?!

I realised the mistake when the installation delete the partition and
then recreate 3 new partitions. I've stopped the installation just
after that, so no data has been write on the new partitions. (i
thought...)

I've tried some tools like Active@Partition Recovery (DEMO) but i see
the 3 new partitions and the super scan dont seem to find any file.

Is anybody know what i can do to get my data back...

I'm waiting for an aswer shortly...
Thanks!

O.k., you original partition table is gone. If you remember
the parameters in it, you can try to recreate it with
Linux fdisk. You will have some losses if the new partitions are
extended partitions, since then, they are at the beginning of
the individual partitions.

Arno

 

[mscotgrove]

Hi,

You can try my recovery software www.cnwrecovery.com. It is in final
stages of Beta, so still free.

You will probably need to force the program (with the partition setup)
to make it a FAT32 disk, and then analyse disk parameters on the FAT
recovery screen.

There is a high chance that good level of recovery will be possible
even without any valid FAT or boot sector.

If first attempts do not work, I will assist

Michael Cotgrove