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I made a stupid mkswap mistake. I typed
mkswap /dev/hda7
instead of mkswap /dev/hda6
and of course hda7 is where my important data is. Now I - newbie - don't ...
- 04-08-2006 #1Just Joined!
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HELP!: my stupid mkswap mistake
I made a stupid mkswap mistake. I typed
mkswap /dev/hda7
instead of mkswap /dev/hda6
and of course hda7 is where my important data is. Now I - newbie - don't know how to get my data back!
Grateful for help
Richard
- 04-11-2006 #2Linux Newbie
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mkswap (or mke2fs, etc) is just like DOS's format command... your data is gone
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- 04-11-2006 #3Linux User
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try fsck on hda7
login with root account
umount the drive and type
fsck -fVa /dev/hda7
or try some windows based program like Get Data Back
and i advise to you think before do anything dangerous thing.
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