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nstgc:
I've found a new way to lose data -- have an OS convert an existing physical partition into a logical partition.

After discovering that over 300 GB of anime disappeared I rebooted into a live copy of Ubuntu. I went to GParted to find the name of the partition in question. It was listed as being part of an extended partition. I did not set it up that way and a month ago when I did this (a ruetuine check) it was still its own partition. The data was there last week. I was using some of the files as test files for my new monitor.

I fsck'ed the parition, and there were no problems. Where did my shit go!?

[edit] I should mention I didn't do that intentionally.

[edit2] If you can suggest some file recovery software, please do so.

Soryon:
i kinda laffed at this, but its really not a laughing matter.

I had basically the same thing happen to me a while back, luckily it was a computer that didnt have anything important on it, just some songs.

vuzedome:
It's time to bring in some deep scanners to peek around.

nstgc:
Yeah. PhtoRec seems as if it may work. It recovered some. We'll see.

I don't have enough free disk space to recover the data, but I ordered a 1.5 TB drive. It should be here By Wednesday.

If anyone has any good suggestions for file recovery software please share.

Pentium100:
GetDataBack by Runtime Software. There are separate versions depending on if your drive was FAT or NTFS.

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