[FreeNAS] How to recover UFS partition table

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wojo2000

Hi,

I lost my data on UFS file system (FreeNAS 8). Precisely say I can't see my files. I accidentally created a new partition so I lost my old one. After that I did not write any data on disk. I try to use some recovery software (under Windows) and I can see my old partitions tables, even older but I don't know how to recreate it. I am afraid to do this under Windows.

So any help? Any advise what to do?
 
Assume the data is lost. That's one of the "great" things about UNIX, it gives you a lot of slack. So much slack you can even hang yourself.

You MAY be able to restore it if you know the exact partition tables and simply recreate them. I'd suggest testing this on a copy of the disk though.
 
If you can remember some of the details of the old partitions you might be able to re-create them with some luck. Otherwise google for data recovery software that can recognise deleted partitions.
 
Please show the partition table information that was recovered. If you want to test it, get a blank disk at least as large as the original and do a binary copy over to it. Lock the original safely away somewhere, and write the recovered partition information to the new drive.
 
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