Under Ubuntu Linux...using linux-wbfs-manager-0.1.11...I have 500GB hard
drive partitioned into two (/dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb2). 250GB is for my Linux
backups (ext4 - sdb1) and the remaining 250GB was formatted and partitioned
to using wbfs-manager (sdb2).
Now, for some reason I can't fully work out, I managed to wipe my partition
table on the hard drive, thus rendering it unmountable. I was trying to
automount my drive with a friendly name (i.e. something like /media/lacie
and NOT an unfriendly name like /media/fdf3-ssdg-33d3 blah blah).
I set some options in fstab which I think might have contributed to the
issue. But it actually seemed to break when I connected my SD card, which
assumed the same sdb number (i.e. sdb1) and then when I reconnected my hard
drive the partitions table was wiped!
My fstab entry is this, don't know if it will help:
/dev/sdb1 /media/lacie ext4 rw,exec,auto,user,sync 0 2
There is no dev or suid options - I didn't think they were necessary. I did
not have an entry for the wbfs partition as I would never mount that anyway.
Eventually, I managed to recover the Linux ext4 (/dev/sdb1) partition and
saved all my data from it, but the wbfs partition (/dev/sdb2) was
unrecognized by the partition recovery application I used (testdisk).
So now I have 250GB of UNALLOCATED SPACE at the end of my drive (should be
/dev/sdb2). I know this is *FULL* of my stuff and I really want to get
access to it. It's very frustrating knowing it is on the drive and not
being able to get to it.
Neither linux-wbfs-manager, not WBFS Manager 3.0 (windows) or the console
itself is able to recognize the partition. :(
So, help me, kind people, help me. How can I recover my wbfs partition?
Thanks.
Original issue reported on code.google.com by fiddy...@gmail.com on 5 Dec 2009 at 8:45
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
fiddy...@gmail.comon 5 Dec 2009 at 8:45