Can the meta data be recreated?

[Kristoffer]

Hey

Under "diskpart" I happend to use the "clean" command on a wrong disk (bad idea to mess with stuff like this when you're tired. So is there anyway to restore the partition and volume data?

Thanks in advance

Kris

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

As always, having a backup makes it very easy to restore any lost data.

If not, your only hope to recover some data is an undelete tool like Recuva.

[Kristoffer]

Normally i would have since i got my d drive in raid 1 but i was having trouble with one of my hdds at the time.

I'm aware of that recovery programs that are out there but instead of having to recover every single file in a manner that most likely will be very troublesome I was wondering (as I've explained) whether or not i would be able to restore the meta data, which if successful would mean i would have access to the disk and data as they were before the accident.

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

I am actually not quite sure what you mean by "meta data" on a HD. The MFT?

[Kristoffer]

The short answer would be yes

[Kristoffer]

"Probably the most important of the key system (metadata) files that define an NTFS volume, the Master File Table or MFT is the place where information about every file and directory on an NTFS volume is stored."

/>http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/archMFT-c.html

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

The only sure way is to restore from a backup.

[Kristoffer]

... I'm pretty sure I told that I neither had nor have and also why. But by now I've realized that this forum lack the expertize required to fix my problem -.-

[AlanHo]

But by now I've realized that this forum lack the expertize required to fix my problem -.-

The answer is to go find another forum - or use Google search more effectively.

[MANEMAN]

Hmmmmm........... Interesting.

[Kristoffer]

well ofc I'd love if you could prove me wrong ^^

[Kristoffer]

The answer is to go find another forum - or use Google search more effectively.

Got several other forums going - this stuff is not that easy to find on google do to the complexity of what I'm asking

[ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb]

the complexity of what I'm asking

You are asking the impossible: to restore something without a backup!

[bludgard]

... I've realized that this forum lack the expertize required to fix my problem -.-

I would be grossly embarassed to post the above insult after running a clean command from DOS on the wrong partition/drive/volume - without creating a backup.

Personally, I would think OP lacks the expertise to comment on anything regarding a computing machine.

:lol:

[MANEMAN]

Hmmmmmm......... Now there is food for thought !

Why does everyone get so adversarial these days ? You really should take a leaf from my book and stay calm.

You can never pull off a really good wind-up if you go losing your temper too early. :)

I'm pretty sure I told that I neither had nor have and also why

I'm almost sure you did my pretty. For the neither was in the penultimate passage being the paragraph of fourth, and subsequently was also nor have or neither for the NTFS. That, that wording, and wording of the Z in addition to expertise is misreading. Therefore the error is in the miZunderstanding, and would not hold upwards in any debate or forum of the foretold exclusion. If you had backup terminology of constipational and backup is not forthwith use the prunes in juice, or scavenge and format deeply in the bowelfold of the system wurter.

[Kristoffer]

... I've realized that this forum lack the expertize required to fix my problem -.-

I would be grossly embarassed to post the above insult after running a clean command from DOS on the wrong partition/drive/volume - without creating a backup.

Personally, I would think OP lacks the expertise to comment on anything regarding a computing machine.

:lol:

Kinda ironic how you end up proving my point don't you think?

Also i must whether you really believe in what you're saying so i've made a list of the precise issues i have with your statement:

1. Don't you think the answers i received seemed very uninformative?

2. Do honestly think that making one mistake means that you're unqualified for working with computer? (im not really interested in other "computing machines")

3. Do you have any idea of any circumstances related to my issue?

4. Don't you honestly think your post seems like a slightly childish and arrogant reaction (referring to the oversized red text) to (imo) rightful criticism of a forum you happen to belong to? (I've yet to see a useful comment)

[Kristoffer]

Hmmmmmm......... Now there is food for thought !

Why does everyone get so adversarial these days ? You really should take a leaf from my book and stay calm.

You can never pull off a really good wind-up if you go losing your temper too early. :)

I'm pretty sure I told that I neither had nor have and also why

I'm almost sure you did my pretty. For the neither was in the penultimate passage being the paragraph of fourth, and subsequently was also nor have or neither for the NTFS. That, that wording, and wording of the Z in addition to expertise is misreading. Therefore the error is in the miZunderstanding, and would not hold upwards in any debate or forum of the foretold exclusion. If you had backup terminology of constipational and backup is not forthwith use the prunes in juice, or scavenge and format deeply in the bowelfold of the system wurter.

I'll admit that my statement might be slightly bold and of cause it's beyond me to judge the whole forum based on one thread. However I do believe that my statement a fair manner reflects the responds I'd received both at the time and as of now.

Also it's good to see that there're still people on the net who can remain calm and express themself in a more... polite... manner

[AlanHo]

I'm almost sure you did my pretty. For the neither was in the penultimate passage being the paragraph of fourth, and subsequently was also nor have or neither for the NTFS. That, that wording, and wording of the Z in addition to expertise is misreading. Therefore the error is in the miZunderstanding, and would not hold upwards in any debate or forum of the foretold exclusion. If you had backup terminology of constipational and backup is not forthwith use the prunes in juice, or scavenge and format deeply in the bowelfold of the system wurter.

I am fairly sure that the O.P would not necessarilywold know of that famously expertiwangle Stanley Unwin and his ability to articuwoldilate a solution to an insolvable problem with such clariwold.

I too am much relievywold to see the calm and fortitubbly that you articulay and which has got you much appreciatetedly by the O.P.

Keep up the good work.

[bludgard]

3. Do you have any idea of any circumstances related to my issue?

Active@ Partition Recovery may do the trick for ya. Messin' with the MBR and partition tables is akin to voodoo. Shake the bones and roll, Chief.

TestDisk is a personal favorite and a powerful recovery tool to boot (no pun intended). TestDisk can recover deleted partitions, rebuild a partition table and rewrite the MBR. Also an excelent data rcovery tool. It will take some fiddlin' about to get used to it, but then what have you got but a brick at this point.

Why not just run a live Linux CD/DVD and copy anything that can be found on the drive that is held dear and reinstall the OS?

[Kristoffer]

Why not just run a live Linux CD/DVD and copy anything that can be found on the drive that is held dear and reinstall the OS?

Thanks for a more constructive responds.

However it seems that i need to provide some more information to make the situation clear.

1. The disk is/was serving as D drive thus no need to reinstall any OS

2. I cant access even if I say boot from ubuntu cause the disk currently doesn't hold any metadata/filesystem

[bludgard]

I suggest you rewrite the partition table with TestDisk, then. It works.

[MANEMAN]

Hmmmmmm...........

Looks like a case of you busted it, you fix it syndrome to me. Have you thought of re-phrasing the whole story of the fault and re-posting under a different name on the forum here ? Works out well for some.

Anyway when you've tired of picking about in someone else's brain, have you thought of doing something about it yourself ? - That works out well for some too. If you cant fix it, - pay someone who can. - Throw money at it.

That's my advice. - I'm a "Tell it as I see it" kinda dood, no offence meant, just my own brand of expertize. lol+lol = Double lol.

What would forums as we know them do without me ?

See Ya in a different place, using a different name maybe ?

My participation now ? - End of.

Yes I would say Testdisk is one of my favourites too Jobe.

Here is an old review:

http://www.linuxuser...d-magic-review/

However. - I like to use it from a Linux Distro named: " Parted Magic." I use this from a bootable CD, and I have also made myself a bootable USB stick as well.

It takes up roughly 150MB of space on a flash drive which can then of course be used on netbooks without CD drives.

Loads of tools, a nice easy to use desktop, Internet Access (Browser included - Usually Firefox) I have surfed the web on a machine with no hard drives.

No big deal maybe, but pretty good going on 150MB.

Once it has booted up you can pull out the USB stick or remove the CD. It all runs in RAM. - Magic !

There are some screenshots here: http://partedmagic.c...?id=screenshots

A look around the other pages of that website and of course Google will give you all that you need in the way of information and download locations.

[bludgard]

http://www.linuxuser...d-magic-review/

However. - I like to use it from a Linux Distro named: " Parted Magic."

Funny; I was just running TestDisk from Parted Magic not 15 minutes ago. What I did was run the clean command on a partition and somehow (maybe because I keep a WindowsImageBackup there) it wiped System Reserved, Windows and the recovery partition which I had clean-ed. Anyway, ran Testdisk and wrote the partition table to System Reserved and marked the partition Active with Partition Editor (which could have been accomplised in TestDisk, but just felt like fiddlin' ). Had a problem booting from select media (Win7 Recovery Disk and install media) via CD/DVD ROM for some reason ( ) but after playing with Parted Magic (which booted-as did UBCD, EASEUS, Acronis and a few other rescue CDs), I was able to boot from Win7 install media to run a final automatic boot issue. :)

All three partitions are restored and in use.