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NAME
scrounge-ntfs
- helps retrieve data from corrupted NTFS partitions
SYNOPSIS
-l
disk
-s
disk
[-m mftoffset
]
[-c clustersize
]
[-o outdir
]
disk
start
end
DESCRIPTION
is a utility that can rescue data from corrupted NTFS partitions. It
writes the files retrieved to another working file system. Certain
information about the partition needs to be known in advance.
The
-l
mode is meant to be run in advance of the data corruption, with the
output stored away in a file. This allows
to recover data reliably. See the 'NOTES' section below for recover
info when this isn't the case.
OPTIONS
The options are as follows:
- -c
-
The cluster size (in sectors). When not specified a default of 8
is used.
- -l
-
List partition information for a drive. This will only work when
the partition table for the given drive is intact.
- -m
-
When recovering data this specifies the location of the MFT from
the beginning of the partition (in sectors). If not specified then
no directory information can be used, that is, all rescued files
will be written to the same directory.
- -o
-
Directory to put rescued files in. If not specified then files will
be placed in the current directory.
- -s
-
Search disk for partition information. (Not implemented yet).
- disk
-
The raw device used to access the disk which contains the NTFS
partition to rescue files from. eg: '/dev/hdc'
- start
-
The beginning of the NTFS partition (in sectors).
- end
-
The end of the NTFS partition (in sectors)
NOTES
If you plan on using this program sucessfully you should prepare
in advance by storing a copy of the partition information. Use the
-l
option to do this. Eventually searching for disk partition information
will be implemented, which will solve this problem.
When only one partition exists on a disk or you want to rescue the
first partition there are ways to guess at the sector sizes and MFT
location. See the scrounge-ntfs web page for more info:
http://memberwebs.com/swalter/software/scrounge/
AUTHOR
An Stef Walter Aq stef@memberwebs.com
Index
- NAME
-
- SYNOPSIS
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- OPTIONS
-
- NOTES
-
- AUTHOR
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