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No, that wouldn't work; you'd have to scan the disk for partition information to reconstruct it, or otherwise guess reasonable values (backup being best).
by barrkel 9y ago
No, that wouldn't work; you'd have to scan the disk for partition information to reconstruct it, or otherwise guess reasonable values (backup being best).
- ptero 9y agoWhich does not seem like a particularly difficult task for me. Not quite trivial, not particularly quick, not guaranteed to work 100%, but for main partition types the task should be suitable as an undergraduate CS assignment. However, as you say, having data backed up is a better solution.