All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Switch to mobile style


Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 
Author Message
 Post subject: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 25th, 2011, 15:29 
Offline

Joined: January 18th, 2009, 5:42
Posts: 24
Hello-

I have a 1TB drive in physically perfect condition and am working with a DDed copy of the drive.

The drive has 3 partitions, with the third EXT3 volume containing all the data. R-Studio MAC says the blocks are 4KB and provides offset etc. However, R-Studio MAC does not appear to successfully recover DNG format - it does show a slew of CR2 files, which the preview application will not open. I have downloaded demo versions of a myriad of other recovery programs and none seem to succeed with full scan of EXT3 for DNG format.

I want to recover the DNG files because of the additional metadata included, not just the CR2 or TIFF or whatever photo happens to be inside the file.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

-us13


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 25th, 2011, 15:35 
Offline

Joined: August 12th, 2008, 13:11
Posts: 3241
Location: USA
What happened to the drive to begin with?

_________________
You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 25th, 2011, 16:58 
Offline

Joined: January 18th, 2009, 5:42
Posts: 24
It was part of a accidentally reformatted RAID 1. The other drive has some bad sectors so I am working with this drive.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 26th, 2011, 12:11 
Offline
User avatar

Joined: February 9th, 2009, 16:13
Posts: 2513
Location: Ontario, Canada
us13 wrote:
It was part of a accidentally reformatted RAID 1. The other drive has some bad sectors so I am working with this drive.

RAID 1 is a mirror...no formatting involved, unless you mean it was being initialized by a RAID controller.

_________________
Luke
Recovery Force Data Recovery


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 27th, 2011, 13:57 
Offline

Joined: January 18th, 2009, 5:42
Posts: 24
Right, that's why I am able to work with only this one drive. This issue is getting any of the software to recognize the .dng files properly. We are not just hoping to find the raw files inside the dngs, we want the dngs because of the additional metadata.

Anyone have any technical hints or specific information about the dng signatures?


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: DNG files from reformatted EXT3 drive
PostPosted: January 27th, 2011, 14:17 
Offline

Joined: August 12th, 2008, 13:11
Posts: 3241
Location: USA
Best bet would be to examine some good ones and see what you find

_________________
You don't have to backup all of your files, just the ones you want to keep.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 6 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 11 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group