Topic: error while shrinking and shifting partition on ext hdd - data lost?
Hey all,
I'm a new user of GParted. I attempted to use the version in PartedMagic included on the UltimateBootCD 5 rc1. While trying to shrink and shift a partition, I received an error and can no longer read the data on the harddrive.
I feel like it shouldn't be too difficult to recover most of my data, but so far my efforts haven't gotten me anywhere. Any help with this would be much appreciated!
more info:
-the partition spanned a 250GB external hdd, and I was attempting to shrink it and shift it (accidentally set it to shift) a bit.
-I was using the gui for Gparted, on PartedMagic using Xvesa
-I know that the operation had at least reached the 'moving data' step. At that point I left it to run over night since the time left was a few hours.
I've tried to recover the partition using TestDisk (also included in PartedMagic) and ran into this:
search_part()
Disk /dev/sdc - 251 GB / 233 GiB - CHS 30516 255 63
NTFS at 0/1/1
filesystem size 490232505
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
_lcn 30638963
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 30515 144 21 490232505
NTFS, 250 GB / 233 GiB
NTFS at 7/0/1
filesystem size 490232505
sectors_per_cluster 8
mft_lcn 786432
mftmirr_lcn 30638963
clusters_per_mft_record -10
clusters_per_index_record 1
HPFS - NTFS 7 0 1 30522 143 21 490232505 [NK's HD ]
NTFS, 250 GB / 233 GiB
This partition ends after the disk limits. (start=112455, size=490232505, end=490344959, disk end=490239540)
Search for partition aborted
Disk /dev/sdc - 251 GB / 233 GiB - CHS 30516 255 63
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The harddisk (251 GB / 233 GiB) seems too small! (< 251 GB / 233 GiB)
The following partition can't be recovered:
HPFS - NTFS 7 0 1 30522 143 21 490232505 [NK's HD ]
NTFS, 250 GB / 233 GiBIt seems as though the table was shifted before it was adjusted for the shrink. I'm not sure how to fix this..
Any ideas?
Or even just advice on how I can recover my data at this point?