Data recovery from a partition clone
My hard drive running on Ubuntu server recently crashed and I lost the files. However I have a clone of the partition, and want to recover the files. Is it possible?
Edit: The partition is ext4 and was cloned using
cat partitionsource > partitiontarget in a new hard disk. The hard disk contains one to one copy of the partition.
I do have a backup of partition table. Will it save my day?
partitioning clone
asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
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My hard drive running on Ubuntu server recently crashed and I lost the files. However I have a clone of the partition, and want to recover the files. Is it possible?
Edit: The partition is ext4 and was cloned using
cat partitionsource > partitiontarget in a new hard disk. The hard disk contains one to one copy of the partition.
I do have a backup of partition table. Will it save my day?
partitioning clone
asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
62
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My hard drive running on Ubuntu server recently crashed and I lost the files. However I have a clone of the partition, and want to recover the files. Is it possible?
Edit: The partition is ext4 and was cloned using
cat partitionsource > partitiontarget in a new hard disk. The hard disk contains one to one copy of the partition.
I do have a backup of partition table. Will it save my day?
partitioning clone
asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
62
My hard drive running on Ubuntu server recently crashed and I lost the files. However I have a clone of the partition, and want to recover the files. Is it possible?
Edit: The partition is ext4 and was cloned using
cat partitionsource > partitiontarget in a new hard disk. The hard disk contains one to one copy of the partition.
I do have a backup of partition table. Will it save my day?
partitioning clone
partitioning clone
asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
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asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
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edited Jan 16 at 14:27
ASPire
asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
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asked Jan 16 at 13:25
ASPireASPire
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asked Jan 16 at 13:25
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To see and be able to recover files, you should mount your partition clone. If the clone is OK, you should be able to issue the command:
sudo mount /dev/<partitionname> /mnt
where /mnt is the directory where the data from the partition specified by partitionname would appear.
answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
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Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. includels -lof the mounted clone.
– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
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To see and be able to recover files, you should mount your partition clone. If the clone is OK, you should be able to issue the command:
sudo mount /dev/<partitionname> /mnt
where /mnt is the directory where the data from the partition specified by partitionname would appear.
answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
4,59651839
Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. includels -lof the mounted clone.
– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
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To see and be able to recover files, you should mount your partition clone. If the clone is OK, you should be able to issue the command:
sudo mount /dev/<partitionname> /mnt
where /mnt is the directory where the data from the partition specified by partitionname would appear.
answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
4,59651839
Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. includels -lof the mounted clone.
– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
add a comment |
To see and be able to recover files, you should mount your partition clone. If the clone is OK, you should be able to issue the command:
sudo mount /dev/<partitionname> /mnt
where /mnt is the directory where the data from the partition specified by partitionname would appear.
answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
4,59651839
To see and be able to recover files, you should mount your partition clone. If the clone is OK, you should be able to issue the command:
sudo mount /dev/<partitionname> /mnt
where /mnt is the directory where the data from the partition specified by partitionname would appear.
answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
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answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
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answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
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answered Jan 16 at 14:38
MelebiusMelebius
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Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. includels -lof the mounted clone.
– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
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Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. includels -lof the mounted clone.
– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
Thank you for the quick reply @Melebius. I can mount it, but I only have lost+found directory.
– ASPire
Jan 16 at 14:45
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. include
ls -l of the mounted clone.– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
@AmritSharma This could mean the partition was not cloned correctly. Weren’t you cloning it while it was mounted, for example? If you want to investigate further, please edit your question to contain all your findings, e.g. include
ls -l of the mounted clone.– Melebius
Jan 17 at 7:57
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