dd_rescue nightmare --- help please

[trevorhughdavis]

Okay, I was using dd_rescue to recover a partition from damaged disc ('/dev/sda2'). It was approximately 50 GB

I setup dd_rescue to write to /dev/sdb1

dd_rescue /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1

Problem was, /dev/sdb1 had all sorts of important stuff on it. (it's a FAT partition)



I intended to write to /dev/sdb2!

dd_rescue /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1

I let the damn thing run for almost half an hour before I discovered it.

I need to recover as much as possible - the filenames if at all possible.....

argh

[niteshifter]

Hi,

Google up Testdisk / PhotoRec. But after an hour run of dd_rescue for certain sure the FAT table(s) are overwritten - data that was at the root of the FAT filesystem is gone. Testdisk / PhotoRec may retreive some files / folders from the "end" of the disk - worth a try.

[hyper_ch]

DD will write sector for sector... I think you'll have bad luck... if the data is valuable you might want to contact a specialized lab for that.

[dannyboy1121]

I guess there were no tape backups to restore the data from? I feel really sorry for you dude .. I know I've made similar mistakes in the past.