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Check the filesystems and repair them if necessary. </p> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Contents"><tr><td><div id="toctitle"><h2>Contents</h2></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Writing_the_partition_table"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Writing the partition table</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Mac_OS_X"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Mac OS X</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#How_to_check_and_repair_a_filesystem"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">How to check and repair a filesystem</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#ReiserFS"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">ReiserFS</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#To_repair_a_FAT.2FNTFS_filesystem_under_Windows"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">To repair a FAT/NTFS filesystem under Windows</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#How_to_make_the_system_bootable_again"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">How to make the system bootable again</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Dos_-_Win9x"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Dos - Win9x</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Windows_2000.2FXP.2F2003"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Windows 2000/XP/2003</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Linux.2FFreeBSD"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Linux/FreeBSD</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Multiboot"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Multiboot</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#How_to_undelete_files"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">How to undelete files</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Ext2fs"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Ext2fs</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#ReiserFS_2"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">ReiserFS</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#PhotoRec"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">PhotoRec</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </td></tr></table><script type="text/javascript"> if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } </script> <a name="Writing_the_partition_table"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> Writing the partition table </span></h2> <a name="Mac_OS_X"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Mac OS X </span></h3> <p>Use pdisk to recreate the Mac partition map using the values given by TestDisk </p> <a name="How_to_check_and_repair_a_filesystem"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> How to check and repair a filesystem </span></h2> <a name="ReiserFS"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> ReiserFS </span></h3> <p>If the superblock of a reiserfs partition is missing, it can be rebuild with <b>reiserfsck --rebuild-sb device</b>. </p> <a name="To_repair_a_FAT.2FNTFS_filesystem_under_Windows"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> To repair a FAT/NTFS filesystem under Windows </span></h3> <p>To check a NTFS partition from Windows, run <b>chkdsk /f c:</b> </p><p><br /> </p> <a name="How_to_make_the_system_bootable_again"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> How to make the system bootable again </span></h2> <a name="Dos_-_Win9x"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Dos - Win9x </span></h3> <p>If your OS doesn't boot, you can reinstall the system files with <code>sys c:</code>. </p> <a name="Windows_2000.2FXP.2F2003"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Windows 2000/XP/2003 </span></h3> <p>If your Windows doesn't boot, try fixmbr from the Windows Recovery Console and fixboot to repair NTFS boot sector. </p> <a name="Linux.2FFreeBSD"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Linux/FreeBSD</span></h3> <p>You may have to update your <b>/etc/fstab</b> to reflect the new partition order. </p> <a name="Multiboot"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Multiboot </span></h3> <p>You may have to update your multiboot configuration and reinstall the multiboot in the Master Boot Record. </p> <ul><li>Lilo: <b>/etc/lilo.conf</b>, lilo to re-install </li><li>Grub: <b>/boot/grub/grub.conf</b>, grub-install device </li><li>Windows (NT/2000/XP/2003/...): <b>c:\boot.ini</b>, run fixmbr from the Recovery Console (ie. fixmbr \Device\HardDisk0) </li></ul> <a name="How_to_undelete_files"></a><h2> <span class="mw-headline"> How to undelete files </span></h2> <a name="Ext2fs"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> Ext2fs </span></h3> <p>To undelete files on linux, you can try <a href="http://e2undel.sourceforge.net/" class="external text" title="http://e2undel.sourceforge.net/" rel="nofollow">e2undel</a> </p> <a name="ReiserFS_2"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> ReiserFS </span></h3> <p>Read the <a href="reiserfs_file_undelete_howto.html" title="ReiserFS File Undelete HOWTO">ReiserFS file undelete HOWTO</a> </p> <a name="PhotoRec"></a><h3> <span class="mw-headline"> PhotoRec </span></h3> <p>Try <a href="photorec.html" title="PhotoRec">PhotoRec</a> if you want to recover files and the system is too badly damaged to be repaired. </p><p>Return to <a href="testdisk.html" title="TestDisk"> TestDisk </a> main page </p> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key cg_mw-mw_:pcache:idhash:1284-0!1!0!!en!2!edit=0 and timestamp 20071123142031 --> <div id="catlinks"><p class='catlinks'><a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <span dir='ltr'><a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Category:Data_Recovery" title="Category:Data Recovery">Data Recovery</a></span></p></div> <!-- end content --> <div class="visualClear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="column-one"> <div class="portlet" id="p-logo"> <a style="background-image: url(logo.png);" href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/" title="Visit the Main Page [z]" accesskey="z"></a> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> if (window.isMSIE55) fixalpha(); 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