How do I restore important data for image.dd? Photorec will lose file names and will scatter the information
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A few days ago I was in a middle of copying or cutting folders and data to my external hard drive and it was corrupted.
I have tried to locate the lost information on Test Disk but I have now lost it because it has already been over written. The file is 0. 0. copy and completed.
I have now only have the image.dd file. How can I restore this to it's normal folders and files without losing the names? Many thanks.
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A few days ago I was in a middle of copying or cutting folders and data to my external hard drive and it was corrupted.
I have tried to locate the lost information on Test Disk but I have now lost it because it has already been over written. The file is 0. 0. copy and completed.
I have now only have the image.dd file. How can I restore this to it's normal folders and files without losing the names? Many thanks.
hard-drive backup data-recovery restore dd
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Please, at least clarify what file system type you are talking about. Thank you. :)
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A few days ago I was in a middle of copying or cutting folders and data to my external hard drive and it was corrupted.
I have tried to locate the lost information on Test Disk but I have now lost it because it has already been over written. The file is 0. 0. copy and completed.
I have now only have the image.dd file. How can I restore this to it's normal folders and files without losing the names? Many thanks.
hard-drive backup data-recovery restore dd
asked Dec 1 at 15:20
LifeIsATest
124
A few days ago I was in a middle of copying or cutting folders and data to my external hard drive and it was corrupted.
I have tried to locate the lost information on Test Disk but I have now lost it because it has already been over written. The file is 0. 0. copy and completed.
I have now only have the image.dd file. How can I restore this to it's normal folders and files without losing the names? Many thanks.
hard-drive backup data-recovery restore dd
hard-drive backup data-recovery restore dd
asked Dec 1 at 15:20
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asked Dec 1 at 15:20
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Please, at least clarify what file system type you are talking about. Thank you. :)
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Dec 8 at 21:42
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Please, at least clarify what file system type you are talking about. Thank you. :)
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Dec 8 at 21:42
Please, at least clarify what file system type you are talking about. Thank you. :)
– Andrea Lazzarotto
Dec 8 at 21:42
Please, at least clarify what file system type you are talking about. Thank you. :)
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Image of a partition
If the image.dd file is an image of a partition (or an iso file), you can easily loop mount it and read the files. Change directory to where you have the file and mount it.
sudo mkdir /mnt/pt1
sudo mount -o loop image.dd /mnt/pt1
cd /mnt/pt1
ls -l *
...
Image of a whole drive
If the image.dd file is an image of a whole drive (a HDD, SSD, pendrive, memory card), it is possible but more complicated to loop mount a partition. You may succeed with kpartx.
In this case it is probably easier to restore from the image file to a drive with at least the same size as the original drive from where it was cloned. Please notice that this drive will be overwritten, so all previous data on it will probably disappear.
You can do that with dd (simple but risky], or with mkusb, which 'wraps a safety belt around dd' by helping you identify the target drive and giving you a final checkpoint.
In Windows there is Win32DiskImager that can also clone with a final checkpoint.
After restoring you can connect the drive,
- either while running an operating system, and mount the partition(s), browse and read files there,
- or boot from the drive, if it a system that can boot your computer, and get into its partition(s), browse and read files there.
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
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Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image fileimage.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)
– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could askfilewhat it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could askgpartedorfdisk...
– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
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Image of a partition
If the image.dd file is an image of a partition (or an iso file), you can easily loop mount it and read the files. Change directory to where you have the file and mount it.
sudo mkdir /mnt/pt1
sudo mount -o loop image.dd /mnt/pt1
cd /mnt/pt1
ls -l *
...
Image of a whole drive
If the image.dd file is an image of a whole drive (a HDD, SSD, pendrive, memory card), it is possible but more complicated to loop mount a partition. You may succeed with kpartx.
In this case it is probably easier to restore from the image file to a drive with at least the same size as the original drive from where it was cloned. Please notice that this drive will be overwritten, so all previous data on it will probably disappear.
You can do that with dd (simple but risky], or with mkusb, which 'wraps a safety belt around dd' by helping you identify the target drive and giving you a final checkpoint.
In Windows there is Win32DiskImager that can also clone with a final checkpoint.
After restoring you can connect the drive,
- either while running an operating system, and mount the partition(s), browse and read files there,
- or boot from the drive, if it a system that can boot your computer, and get into its partition(s), browse and read files there.
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
22.3k32872
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image fileimage.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)
– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could askfilewhat it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could askgpartedorfdisk...
– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
|
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down vote
Image of a partition
If the image.dd file is an image of a partition (or an iso file), you can easily loop mount it and read the files. Change directory to where you have the file and mount it.
sudo mkdir /mnt/pt1
sudo mount -o loop image.dd /mnt/pt1
cd /mnt/pt1
ls -l *
...
Image of a whole drive
If the image.dd file is an image of a whole drive (a HDD, SSD, pendrive, memory card), it is possible but more complicated to loop mount a partition. You may succeed with kpartx.
In this case it is probably easier to restore from the image file to a drive with at least the same size as the original drive from where it was cloned. Please notice that this drive will be overwritten, so all previous data on it will probably disappear.
You can do that with dd (simple but risky], or with mkusb, which 'wraps a safety belt around dd' by helping you identify the target drive and giving you a final checkpoint.
In Windows there is Win32DiskImager that can also clone with a final checkpoint.
After restoring you can connect the drive,
- either while running an operating system, and mount the partition(s), browse and read files there,
- or boot from the drive, if it a system that can boot your computer, and get into its partition(s), browse and read files there.
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
22.3k32872
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image fileimage.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)
– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could askfilewhat it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could askgpartedorfdisk...
– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
|
show 6 more comments
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
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Image of a partition
If the image.dd file is an image of a partition (or an iso file), you can easily loop mount it and read the files. Change directory to where you have the file and mount it.
sudo mkdir /mnt/pt1
sudo mount -o loop image.dd /mnt/pt1
cd /mnt/pt1
ls -l *
...
Image of a whole drive
If the image.dd file is an image of a whole drive (a HDD, SSD, pendrive, memory card), it is possible but more complicated to loop mount a partition. You may succeed with kpartx.
In this case it is probably easier to restore from the image file to a drive with at least the same size as the original drive from where it was cloned. Please notice that this drive will be overwritten, so all previous data on it will probably disappear.
You can do that with dd (simple but risky], or with mkusb, which 'wraps a safety belt around dd' by helping you identify the target drive and giving you a final checkpoint.
In Windows there is Win32DiskImager that can also clone with a final checkpoint.
After restoring you can connect the drive,
- either while running an operating system, and mount the partition(s), browse and read files there,
- or boot from the drive, if it a system that can boot your computer, and get into its partition(s), browse and read files there.
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
22.3k32872
Image of a partition
If the image.dd file is an image of a partition (or an iso file), you can easily loop mount it and read the files. Change directory to where you have the file and mount it.
sudo mkdir /mnt/pt1
sudo mount -o loop image.dd /mnt/pt1
cd /mnt/pt1
ls -l *
...
Image of a whole drive
If the image.dd file is an image of a whole drive (a HDD, SSD, pendrive, memory card), it is possible but more complicated to loop mount a partition. You may succeed with kpartx.
In this case it is probably easier to restore from the image file to a drive with at least the same size as the original drive from where it was cloned. Please notice that this drive will be overwritten, so all previous data on it will probably disappear.
You can do that with dd (simple but risky], or with mkusb, which 'wraps a safety belt around dd' by helping you identify the target drive and giving you a final checkpoint.
In Windows there is Win32DiskImager that can also clone with a final checkpoint.
After restoring you can connect the drive,
- either while running an operating system, and mount the partition(s), browse and read files there,
- or boot from the drive, if it a system that can boot your computer, and get into its partition(s), browse and read files there.
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
22.3k32872
edited Dec 1 at 16:13
answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
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answered Dec 1 at 16:07
sudodus
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answered Dec 1 at 16:07
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22.3k32872
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image fileimage.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)
– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could askfilewhat it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could askgpartedorfdisk...
– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
|
show 6 more comments
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image fileimage.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)
– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could askfilewhat it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could askgpartedorfdisk...
– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
Thank you very much. Don't know where to start but I try. Do you have any further videos that I can do it? I use linux instead of microsoft. Thank you again.
– LifeIsATest
Dec 2 at 14:06
@JonA, Did you create the image file
image.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
@JonA, Did you create the image file
image.dd? In that case you should know, if it is an image of a partition or of the whole drive. If you don't know, you can test, if you get something useful when trying to mount the image file. Otherwise you can restore from the image file to a drive according to the details in my answer. Good luck :-)– sudodus
Dec 2 at 15:08
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could ask
file what it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could ask gparted or fdisk...– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
Mount probably doesn't need the "-o loop", it's man page says "The mount command automatically creates a loop device from a regular file if a filesystem type is not specified or the filesystem is known for libblkid". And could ask
file what it thinks of the image, it says this about an image containing the first few megs of an MBR device (like /dev/sda): "DOS/MBR boot sector; partition 1 : ID=0x83...; partition 2 :...", and strangely just this about a partition image (like /dev/sda1): "DOS/MBR boot sector" (but I think that disk might be weird). Or could ask gparted or fdisk...– Xen2050
Dec 3 at 10:23
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
@sudodus I tried to sudo mount ~/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd /media/disk -t ext3 -o loop still doesnt work. It says. "mount: /media/disk: failed to setup loop device for /home/jonnzen/home/*username*/Desktop/image.dd."
– LifeIsATest
Dec 9 at 0:12
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