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Solved: maui installation destroyed by backup software : how SSD partition recovery?
benit Offline
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31st January 2017, 11:53 (This post was last modified: 1st February 2017, 14:43 by benit.)
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!
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leszek Offline
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31st January 2017, 13:35
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:...e_for_ext2
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benit Offline
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1st February 2017, 14:42
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.
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