GPT Drive Part/file Recovery

Koruruu

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Apr 15, 2012
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Hello

Due to various reasons my GPT partition-tabled external hard drive was reinitialized by windows. I am now searching for a way to cover files from it. So far, many of the data recovery tools [Example: Active@ File Recovery] have been unable to find any files on the drive.

If at all possible I'd like to recover the old partition
 

Koruruu

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Unfortunately it seems like Recuva only works on intact partitions, whereas my partitions have been destroyed.
 

COLGeek

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Have you tried to connect the drive to a Linux box to use GParted to see if you can access the files? If not, you could boot from a Live version (like the one I linked below) to give it a shot.

http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/gentoo//releases/x86/12.1/