[ILUG] e2fsck, testdisk - failure to find superblocks? (solved)

[kae at verens.com]

On 07/09/2009 11:07 AM, kae at verens.com wrote:
> Using testdisk, I can navigate around it, see the files and all that, 
> but I can't recover it because there is apparently no superblock backup.
turns out the recovery was simple.

the fact that testdisk was able to see the file structure despite the 
lack of superblocks meant that I could copy the files to a new 
hard-drive from within testdisk, rebuild the partition, and copy them 
back (the initial problem was a mistake on my part while creating the 
partition - not a failed disk).

for the others that replied, thanks. Vicente, couldn't use that link as 
it assumes there are superblock backups. Conor, nope - not LVM. Paul, 
Photorec ignores the filesystem and I think it only extracts files that 
it recognises (images, video, etc).

thanks all,
Kae