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Partition Restoring software?

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Jon Danniken

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May 10, 2012, 1:22:36 AM5/10/12
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Somehow I lost an extended partition containing two logical drives today
(not exactly sure how, probably did something in LInux), and I'm now looking
at 500GB of "free space" that I'm pretty sure still has my stuff in it.

Any freeware version of a partition restorer?

Thanks,

Jon


Jon Danniken

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May 10, 2012, 2:32:54 AM5/10/12
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So it dawned on me that maybe Bear's site (http://bearware.info/) might have
something to fix my broken partitions, and low and behold, it did. I ended
up grabbing TestDisk, and now my stuff is back. YAY!!!

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

THANKS BEAR!

Jon




p-0^0-h the cat

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May 10, 2012, 5:40:02 AM5/10/12
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It's this guy you should thank.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CV_Christophe_GRENIER

Bear is just a keeper of lists.

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Mike Easter

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May 14, 2012, 7:26:08 PM5/14/12
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p-0^0-h the cat wrote:
> "Jon Danniken"

>>> Any freeware version of a partition restorer?

>> So it dawned on me that maybe Bear's site (http://bearware.info/)
>> might have something to fix my broken partitions, and low and
>> behold, it did. I ended up grabbing TestDisk, and now my stuff is
>> back. YAY!!!

>> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
>>
>> THANKS BEAR!
>
> It's this guy you should thank.
>
> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CV_Christophe_GRENIER
>
> Bear is just a keeper of lists.

But, being able to find something somehow somewhere is way better than
not being able to find something.

So Christophe deserves the credit for the ware, and Bear the credit for
providing Jon one way to find it and making that way visible to those
who are looking.


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Mike Easter


Jon Danniken

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May 14, 2012, 7:40:40 PM5/14/12
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Mike Easter wrote:
>
> But, being able to find something somehow somewhere is way better than
> not being able to find something.
>
> So Christophe deserves the credit for the ware, and Bear the credit
> for providing Jon one way to find it and making that way visible to
> those who are looking.

Partition restoration/recovery software is one of those items that one
usually only needs when one has lost a partition, and is experiencing a
certain degree of desperation. There are a lot of companies who fill search
engine results with their "free" partition software, letting you know that
the partition is still there for free, but charging a nominal fee for the
recovery, in hopes of getting a hook in you during your time of distress.

It is a clever (if not diabolical) way to market your kit, but individuals
who clog up search engine results with their SEO spam tend to really grind
my gears (and I was specifically looking for freeware anyway).

I knew there were at least one or two geniunely free apps out there, and
fortunately I was at least of a sound enough mind to think of Bear's
repository as containing a recommendation (the nice thing about Bear's list
is that Bear actually tries the software, and takes a certain amount of
pride in listing good stuff - and I appreciate that).

Jon


p-0^0-h the cat

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May 14, 2012, 8:02:03 PM5/14/12
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On Mon, 14 May 2012 16:26:08 -0700, Mike Easter <Mi...@ster.invalid>
wrote:
The authors are the heroes. I find it strange that they get little
credit around here. I need the authors. I don't need Bottoms list.

THANKS CHRISTOPHE!!! and THANKS to all the developers of freeware and
FOSS!!!
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