Re: security-basics Digest 8 May 2007 17:21:06 -0000 Issue 1531

[Kristian Hermansen <kristian.hermansen () gmail com>]

You will want to first try gpart.  Failing that, foremost, magicrescue, 
and others...



> Subject:
> Partition Recovery From External USB Hard Drive
> From:
> "Richard Brinson" <richard () kanoo-uk com>
> Date:
> Tue, 8 May 2007 13:33:04 +0100
> To:
> <security-basics () securityfocus com>
>
> To:
> <security-basics () securityfocus com>
>
>
> I am currently working with a customer who needs to recover data from an
> external USB hard drive which has had it's only partition (NTFS) deleted.
> Obviously Windows won't recognise the drive any more so I would like 
to know
> if anyone has any neat tricks or tips to access the drive and rebuild the
> partition without using commercial software, and preferrably via USB so I
> don't have to rip the drive out of it's casing.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Richard

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Kristian Hermansen