[TriLUG] help with recovering ext3 filesystem

[Jon Carnes]

I had to do this about five years ago for a user. I used the tools on
Tom's Root Disk to recreate the partitions and then the FAT tables, but
we managed almost a full recovery of all the files (not much
fragmentation).

I can't remember exactly what I did... I do remember using an app that
would create the partitions non-destructively and that let me explore
them for data. In that way I zeroed in on the actual partition info. The
app might have been called "partd" or "gpart" 

In anycase, try this link:
  http://www.lissot.net/partition/partition-6.html

On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 08:52, uzoma nwosu wrote:
> I installed Fedora Core 2 last night on my deskstop.  And in haste (it
> crashed during install the first time--and yes, I did check images
> before burning them), I think left all of my drives checked on the
> "remove all linux filesystems" option.  Whenever I try to mount
> /dev/hdb1 it gives me the error that that "partition is either
> non-existent or swap device".  
> 
> So the question is, am I boned or can I fsck it to recover my
> partition?  If can use fsck what superblock should tell it to use?  Any
> other solutions?  As far as I understand, all fedora has done is wipe
> the partition table and the data is still there, correct?  I'm trying to
> research this online but am not confident enough to be messing around
> with an already fragile situation.
> 
> Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Uzoma