recovering data from an accidental mkfs.ext over ext3 part

[worriedone]

hi everyone,
i accidentally issued an mkfs.ext3 /dev/hda5 and before it reached end, i canceled using ctrl+c.
the /dev/hda5 partition is ext3.

i got all backup blocks: fsdump /dev/hda5 | grep "Backup"
im thinking about using fsck.ext3 -b backupsblock /dev/hda5, with the last backupsblock on partition. but im afraid of getting this worse

in this moment im trying testdisk, but it detects the new superblocks and ignores the older ones, so it only detects the new empty partition.

there, i have a lot of stuff (this was my server during 2 years), a lt of configurantion files, optimizations, but nothing important as my university project.

im sorry of bothering you with this stupid thing.. i know.. backups.. lots of confirmation..

is there some way to get my data back? it is really important for me.
any help is welcome.

[worriedone]

hi all.
after 8h of intensive disk scanning with testdisk tool, i can successfully report that now i have all my data back.
i would like to thank to all testdisk team and say that testdisk looks like the best recovery tool on the web.

im very happy now.

PS: i hope this can help others in same situation.

[warder]

hello

could you write me some more details about the procedure?
i've did the same mistake, but i'w waited for it to finish + i've wrote some files to the new partition..
do i have the same chances of recoverying as you? =P

thanks in advance