[Discuss] FAT data recovery through Linux?

[Daniel M German]

I wrote a utility that recovers images from the raw device file
(search for recoverphotos in google). It might offer an starting
point.

What I recommend you do is to get a disk or the same size as the one
you are trying to recover, then plug both disks to the same machine,
and do a dd.

Then work with the copy. That way you always have the original.

Many, many years ago I used to update disks partition tables by
hand. You need to understand how they work, and what the bytes
mean. If you access the device as a file you can read and write the
proper sectors.

it is like surgery: one small mistake can be fatal, but you can
save the patient.

dmg





> Hello all,
>
> 	I have a FAT32 partition that does not mount on any system I
> have (yes, even in Linux) and it has data that I would really like to
> access. I found a windows application that will recover the data, but
> I would much rather boot into my Linux install and do the work there.
> 	I have tried my GooFu, but it must be weak as I am unable to
> find anything about using Linux to recover data.
> 	I know how to use dd, but my understanding is that it makes an
> exact copy and this won't help me.
>
> 	Does anyone have any leads they can offer?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
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