I just format my scumbag friends
Topic: Don't try to format a partition of the usb (Read 1114 times)
I never format anything
I just format my scumbag friends
I just format my scumbag friends
I'm sure those files can be recovered as long as u don't write/save data on the disk.
dvd have their own problem... most dvd become become unreadable after few years.
so best bet is dumpprivkey and print into paper or engraving them to something solid. silver or gold.
I have some old movie dvds that still work pretty well and they're like 5-10 year old dvds.
yes, they use good quality dvd which can last more than 10 years but honestly dvd are fragile dont scratch them on top or back and keep moisture away. i lost half of my pic and document because i keep them in cd and dvd.
really the only safe way is etching priv key / brain wallet secret code on ring which im planning to make them btw.
EDIT : if you still want to use dvd at least use multiple backup in multiple medium
dvd have their own problem... most dvd become become unreadable after few years.
so best bet is dumpprivkey and print into paper or engraving them to something solid. silver or gold.
I have some old movie dvds that still work pretty well and they're like 5-10 year old dvds.
getDataBack is a really good program. Used it couple of times and it saves everything 
I tried a few data recovery softwares but I should've used them just after the format which I didn't and now they don't show any deleted files but it's ok, let's not cry over lost wallets.
I thought of something, 'DVDs'. They're perfect, cheap and non re-writable and all one needs to do is burn some wallets put them in a sealed plastic bag and throw them in the shoe box, problem solved, don't even have to worry about losing any data because you can't format them R-Dvds.
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dvd have their own problem... most dvd become become unreadable after few years.
so best bet is dumpprivkey and print into paper or engraving them to something solid. silver or gold.
getDataBack is a really good program. Used it couple of times and it saves everything
I tried a few data recovery softwares but I should've used them just after the format which I didn't and now they don't show any deleted files but it's ok, let's not cry over lost wallets.
I thought of something, 'DVDs'. They're perfect, cheap and non re-writable and all one needs to do is burn some wallets put them in a sealed plastic bag and throw them in the shoe box, problem solved, don't even have to worry about losing any data because you can't format them R-Dvds.
I am a genius!
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getDataBack is a really good program. Used it couple of times and it saves everything
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
Yeah, tried to format one partition of usb, should've used Gparted but went ahead with startup disc creator and it wiped the whole thing clean.
lol. We all make mistakes. When I was your age, I probably took apart a 1.2MB large floppy to try and make it double sided.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
If you have a device on /dev/sda, with say two partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2, it would be possible to just format a single one with the command "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2" for example.
Don't know how to do it on Window though.
I don't do it through command but normally I am sane enough to use Gparted which works pretty well but I thought SDC will only erase the current selected partition but I was wrong. Learned it the hard way.
Gparted is a good tool if your not comfortable using the command line. You can format individual partitions using that. /dev/sdc means the whole drive, /dev/sdc1, sdc2, sdc3..... are the individual partitions.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
Yeah, tried to format one partition of usb, should've used Gparted but went ahead with startup disc creator and it wiped the whole thing clean.
lol. We all make mistakes. When I was your age, I probably took apart a 1.2MB large floppy to try and make it double sided.
Well I am an idiot, as soon as I clicked erase, the both partitions unmounted and I knew then and there that I have fucked up and the next second they came back as one partition. And apart from wallets it had so much data, all gone.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
If you have a device on /dev/sda, with say two partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2, it would be possible to just format a single one with the command "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2" for example.
Don't know how to do it on Window though.
I don't do it through command but normally I am sane enough to use Gparted which works pretty well but I thought SDC will only erase the current selected partition but I was wrong. Learned it the hard way.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
If you have a device on /dev/sda, with say two partitions /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2, it would be possible to just format a single one with the command "mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2" for example.
Don't know how to do it on Window though.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
Yeah, tried to format one partition of usb, should've used Gparted but went ahead with startup disc creator and it wiped the whole thing clean.
lol. We all make mistakes. When I was your age, I probably took apart a 1.2MB large floppy to try and make it double sided.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
Yeah, tried to format one partition of usb, should've used Gparted but went ahead with startup disc creator and it wiped the whole thing clean.
Because it will format the whole drive.
You tried to format part of a drive? I've been MCSE certified for 15 years, and I've never heard of that!
It formatted the whole drive?
What program did you use?
Diskpart?
What program did you use?
Diskpart?
Startup Disk Creator
When you say formating, do you mean you tried to put a fresh file system on one partition and inadvertently messed up another partition your coins were on?
Bingo.
cant you recover the partition ?
i think those files can be retrieved, if it was just a format.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/31450/tool-for-recovering-deleted-data-from-a-flash-drive
i think those files can be retrieved, if it was just a format.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/31450/tool-for-recovering-deleted-data-from-a-flash-drive
I didn't thought of that but I don't know if I can do it now since I added other data to it.
Because it will format the whole drive. I learned this last night while I tried to do just that and I lost some alt-coin paperwallets.pdfs that I was planning to print out later, roughly around $10.
So learn from my mistake and I'll try to do the same.
So learn from my mistake and I'll try to do the same.
wow, that was a cheap lesson
Yeah but it was a sorta project that I had going, trying to put some alt-coins away in-case they go up in future. Don't even feel like starting again.
Really bad luck. However, You should have kept your coin wallets in a USB device you used only for them (to avoid the need for partitioning/formatting the device). Also, You should consider to have an additional USB device to back-up the primary one who store your coins.
It's very sad you have to learn it the hard way.
Yeah, got 2 extra usb's yesterday. Lesson learned hard is a lesson learned well.
I say really goodluck, Imagine if you had of done this with a drive full of BTC
$10 is not a very big amount to learn a good lesson, so you should consider yourself lucky.
You're lucky you didn't have a BTC wallet in there, just some alt-coins.
I usually keep a separate USB drive for storing my wallets and do not use it for anything else - they're not costly anyway.
If you have time and you're inclined to, there are some recovery softwares that let you recover data from formatted storage media. Just google.
Yeah, I am an idiot for trying to use the other partition of that usb, thankfully all my btc wallets are in 2 other usbs and on paper wallet as well.
Because it will format the whole drive. I learned this last night while I tried to do just that and I lost some alt-coin paperwallets.pdfs that I was planning to print out later, roughly around $10.
So learn from my mistake and I'll try to do the same.
So learn from my mistake and I'll try to do the same.
wow, that was a cheap lesson
Of course it is very clear - do not try to format drive - you will loose all data 
i once accidentally dd command to my external harddisk when i try to dd to a (broken) flashdisk... so i got myself external harddisk 1T read as 8G its worse than formatted harddisk, i run photorec aaand i can recover some data... from it.
so im sure if its quick format it will not overwrite old data and those data can be retrieved
moral of the story: df -ah before dd
Of course it is very clear - do not try to format drive - you will loose all data
cant you recover the partition ?
i think those files can be retrieved, if it was just a format.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/31450/tool-for-recovering-deleted-data-from-a-flash-drive
i think those files can be retrieved, if it was just a format.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/31450/tool-for-recovering-deleted-data-from-a-flash-drive
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