On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 11:21:58AM +0200, Jean-Marc wrote: > Hi the list, > > The partition table of my USB-key has gone and I got some read-error > messages. > > I recovered the files stored on it using photorec but it is a little > bit a raw-recover splitted into generic directories with generic > names. > > I tried then testdisk but, except the fact that testdisk told me the > key is almost full, it cannot get anything back, no part table, no > backup. > > I will make a raw copy using dd to keep a backup. > > But afterward, I do not know what to do (I still have no time to > search for a solution). > The only thing coming n mind is to recreate a new part table. > > Any idea, suggestion, commands+parms are welcome. > You can use gpart to guess the partition table. But if it's a usb stick with a single partition, just use fdisk to create the partition again It won't erase any data -- only a mkfs command will do that.
If you decide to use fdisk, the commands are something like this (from memory): fdisk /dev/sdx (specify your usb device) n (create a new partition) p (primary partition) enter (accept the default starting cylinder) enter (accept the default ending cylinder) w (write the partition table) Now try to mount the usb stick and see what happens. If it doesn't work, just fdisk again and delete the partition. -Rob
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