need to restore deleted partitions, system still running

[Ric Moore]

On 06/08/2012 05:52 PM, Mina Magdy wrote:
> I know this is an old thread but it comes at top result in google search
> So here is how I recovered my partitions in simple steps
>
> step 1
>
> mina at mainpc ~ $ cat /proc/partitions |grep sda
>     8        0  488385527 sda
>     8        1   48837568 sda1
>     8        2     104422 sda2
>     8        3    2072385 sda3
>     8        4          1 sda4
>     8        5   20971520 sda5
>     8        6  209715200 sda6
>     8        7  206679833 sda7
>
>
> step 2
> these big number are partitions size in blocks, fdisk uses sectors
> in my case a block = 2 sectors
> so I started created new partitions using fdisk with
> size = (size in partitions file * 2)
> for example here is how I re-created my first partition
>
>
> Select (default p): p
> Partition number (1-4, default 1):
> Using default value 1
> First sector (2048-976771054, default 2048):<== I leave that to default
> Using default value 2048
> Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (2048-976771054, default 976771054):
> +97675136
>
>
> in my input +97675136 notice the + at the beginning (very important) also
> 97675136 = 48837568 * 2 where 48837568 is the number i got from /proc/p..
>
> when u r done to make sure u did it right, try to make an extra partition
> it should say "No free sectors available"
>
> NOTE:
> if you didn't get the "No free sectors available" message that
> either mean u  didn't do the steps correctly or
> last time you partitioned u didn't make use of your entire HD
>
> Hope that helps

Thank u. U did good. :) Ric



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