Partition-table-recovery
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$ mount | grep sda /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered) /dev/sda6 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) /dev/sda5 on /var type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) $ df -h | grep sda Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sda1 37G 11G 24G 32% / /dev/sda6 18G 9.3G 7.3G 57% /home /dev/sda5 92G 55G 33G 63% /var
Test disk 7.x analysis shows:
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org Disk /dev/sda - 160 GB / 149 GiB - SAMSUNG HD160JJ CHS 19457 255 63 - sector size=512 >[ Analyse ] Analyse current partition structure and search for lost partitions [ Advanced ] Filesystem Utils [ Geometry ] Change disk geometry [ Options ] Modify options [ MBR Code ] Write TestDisk MBR code to first sector [ Delete ] Delete all data in the partition table [ Quit ] Return to disk selection Note: Correct disk geometry is required for a successful recovery. 'Analyse' process may give some warnings if it thinks the logical geometry is mismatched.
- STEP - analysis shows:
TestDisk 7.0, Data Recovery Utility, April 2015 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> http://www.cgsecurity.org Disk /dev/sda - 160 GB / 149 GiB - CHS 19457 255 63 Partition Start End Size in sectors >* Linux 0 32 33 4862 205 15 78118912 P Linux 4863 47 49 17020 164 40 195309568 P Linux 17020 197 10 19335 183 48 37189632 L Linux Swap 19335 216 18 19457 53 52 1949696 Structure: Ok. Use Up/Down Arrow keys to select partition. Use Left/Right Arrow keys to CHANGE partition characteristics: *=Primary bootable P=Primary L=Logical E=Extended D=Deleted Keys A: add partition, L: load backup, T: change type, P: list files, Enter: to continue ext4 blocksize=4096 Large_file Sparse_SB Recover, 39 GB / 37 GiB