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Solved: maui installation destroyed by backup software : how SSD partition recovery? - benit - 31st January 2017
I was overly happy with my maui 2.1 installation and wanted to backup for the first time. Unfortunately qt5-fsarchiver destroyed my partition almost completely. Only a few (not so relevant folders) were left.
I would be happy, if somebody could recommend a (hopefully GUI) software that can deal with SSD partition recovery properly. I tried gddrescue, but did not succeed. Testdisk showed the deleted folders properly, but somehow I could not copy them. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
I suspect that almost all folders / files are in place, but "just" marked deleted or the filetable was deleted partially.
Thanks again for any hint!
RE: maui installation destroyed by backup software : tips for SSD partition recovery? - leszek - 31st January 2017
If the partition wasn't removed only data on the partition and testdisk can show those deleted files it should be able to restore it.
Here is a tutorial showing how it works: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk:_undelete_file_for_ext2
RE: maui installation destroyed by backup software : tips for SSD partition recovery? - benit - 1st February 2017
Thank you very much. I will study it as soon as I find time.
Nevertheless I have taken decision to re-install. I had backup of all important data and from my first install I learned already how to improve installation with different partitions so I took it as a chance to make an even better install.