WD My Book World Edition overwitten by LG N2R1 FAT table

[bainsteven]

I've done something stupid - so I'll cut a long story short:

1) WD My Book NAS-drive casing failed - it wouldn't power on (1TB internal SATA HDD perfectly fine);
http://store.westerndigital.com/store/wdeu/en_GB/DisplayProductDetailsPage/productID.130261800
2) I bought an LG N2R1 NAS-drive casing (as on the box it says "Newly added HDD will be formatted at users choice");
http://www.lg.com/uk/it-products/network-storage/LG-network-storage-N2R1DB2.jsp
3) I inserted the 1TB SATA HDD into the LG N2R1 NAS-drive casing hoping to be able to access my data;
4) LG N2R1 (I THINK) has overwritten the File Allocation Table of my 1TB SATA HDD (if that's how it works? - they're both Linux format);
5) I've tried using R-Linux to recover my lost files but it's not finding them correctly (it appears the start/end of the recovered files is incorrect - causing corrupt, unreadable files - and half-viewable photos;
http://www.r-tt.com/data_recovery_linux/

Is it possible to overwrite the damange the LG N2R1 has done? - basically I think I need to reverse-engineer the FAT table? Or is there another way to recover my data?

If anyone can help I'd be very grateful!

Many thanks,

Steve.

[DR-Kiev]

Connect drive directly to pc , try R-studio , full scan for Ext3

[bainsteven]

Thanks - sorry for late repy,

Is R-Studio any better than R-Linux? (is it possibly going to give me better results?). As I don't want to pay MORE money for a part-solution.

I guess there's no way to actually REBUILD the FAT table and overwrite the current one?

Cheers,

Steve.

Last edited by bainsteven on February 13th, 2011, 15:20, edited 1 time in total.

[bainsteven]

Thanks - sorry for late repy,

Is R-Studio any better than R-Linux? (is it possibly going to give me better results?). As I don't want to pay MORE money for a part-solution.

I guess there's no way to actually REBUILD the FAT table and overwrite the current one?

Cheers,

Steve.

[bainsteven]

R-Studio is EXACTLY the same program as R-Linux...

Anyone got any other ideas?!

Cheers,

Steve.

[fzabkar]

Install a blank, expendable SATA drive into your LG N2R1 NAS case, and follow the same procedure as before. Then view the drive with a disc editor. This should identify the changes, if any, that were made to your original drive.

Clone your original drive, and then use the above information to zero out the modified sectors. This will enable your data recovery software to have a better chance of reconstructing your file system because it won't be confused by the changes.

[bainsteven]

Install a blank, expendable SATA drive into your LG N2R1 NAS case, and follow the same procedure as before. Then view the drive with a disc editor. This should identify the changes, if any, that were made to your original drive.

Clone your original drive, and then use the above information to zero out the modified sectors. This will enable your data recovery software to have a better chance of reconstructing your file system because it won't be confused by the changes.

Thanks FZABKAR that's some good advice.

I'll try this when I get chance and post my results.

Before I do though - what would be the chances of a specialist company "undo-ing" the damage I've done using the underlying "magnetic footprint" of my previous FAT table? Would this be possible? Just I realise that without my original FAT table I'll have no file structure or filenames - which is going to be a nightmare for my thousands of photographs!

Thanks very much for all your help,

Steve.