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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?



I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.










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  • try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

    – mikeserv
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  • testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

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  • @frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?



I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.










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  • try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

    – mikeserv
    Jun 27 '14 at 9:10











  • testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

    – frostschutz
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:32











  • @frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

    – user62511
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:41
















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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?



I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.










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An ext4 partition of Hard Disk is formatted to ext2 and then again to ext4 using GParted. Is there a way to recover the original data?



I want to reconver .webm files. I could not do this with testdisk.







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  • try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

    – mikeserv
    Jun 27 '14 at 9:10











  • testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

    – frostschutz
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:32











  • @frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

    – user62511
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:41





















  • try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

    – mikeserv
    Jun 27 '14 at 9:10











  • testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

    – frostschutz
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:32











  • @frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

    – user62511
    Jun 27 '14 at 12:41



















try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10





try to find backup partition tables with wipefs. do man wipefs for info. and stop formatting disks you don't want to format!

– mikeserv
Jun 27 '14 at 9:10













testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32





testdisk, or more specifically photorec, is your best bet here. it supports webm files - but it only works well for unfragmented data.

– frostschutz
Jun 27 '14 at 12:32













@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41







@frostschutz: Is there a way to search for .webm files with testdisk instaed of all files?

– user62511
Jun 27 '14 at 12:41












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I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.



sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10


I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.






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    I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.



    sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10


    I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.






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      I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.



      sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10


      I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.






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        I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.



        sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10


        I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.






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        I accidentally formatted an ext4 partition to NTFS in my Ubuntu 16.04 recently and was able to recover the full partition successfully by running a file system check.



        sudo fsck.ext4 -v /dev/sda10


        I recorded the steps in this blog post. However note that the scenario is a bit different from the question. Hope this helps someone.







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