recover data from damaged msdos fat32 partition

[Polytropon]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:16:38 +0800, Fbsd1 <fbsd1 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> I know i can mount fat32 partition using mount_msdos command. But my 
> msdos fat32 partition is a bad disk with corrupted fat table.
> 
> Question is can i use freebsd to recover data from this msdos fAT32 disk????

Oh yes, you can! As a side product of my attempt to restore data
from an UFS partition with orphaned inodes, I found some good
utilities that might be helpful fo you.



> What tools do you suggest to use?

Check 'em out!

System:
        dd
        fsck_ffs
        clri
        fsdb
        fetch -rR <device>
        recoverdisk

Ports:
        ddrescue
        dd_rescue
        ffs2recov
        magicrescue
        testdisk
        The Sleuth Kit:
                fls
                dls
                ils
                autopsy
        scan_ffs
        recoverjpeg
        fatback

Especially magicrescue can do wonders. If everything fails,
The Sleuth Kit is a good tool.

Don't forget to try mtools.



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