linux-ext4 - Re: Formatted/repartitioned wrong disk, arrgh!

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Message-ID: <4AF43525.1040205@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:39:33 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
CC:	Alexey Salmin <alexey.salmin@...il.com>,
	Jesper Jensen <linux-ext4_mailinglist@...ctor.dk>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Formatted/repartitioned wrong disk, arrgh!

Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 05:57:14PM +0600, Alexey Salmin wrote:
>> I think the only thing I can recommend to you is to "grep for your
>> files and hope for the best" (c)
>> I don't know any automated way to restore files after complete
>> destroying of fs, but there always is grep and hexdump :)
> 
> Unfortunately, there isn't much else that can be done, since the inode
> table has been zero'ed out.
> 
> Sorry.  :-(
> 
> 						- Ted

Well, if you repartitioned / moved the partition, then the new mkfs 
likely wouldn't have perfectly overwritten the old metadata structures, 
so if you can re-partition again and put the starting sector -back- at 
the original location, an e2fsck might have a fighting chance to find 
-something- ...

-Eric
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