I cancelled an ATA secure wipe on my 1TB HDD because I realized I had the wrong mnemonic written down for my $1400 BTC wallet.
Is there any way to recover the home partition where I had the mnemonic saved in a text file? When I boot into a LiveCD I get flooded with messages like: ata1.00:
failed command READ DMA EXT
cmd 25/00:08:00:6d:70/00:00:74:00:00/e0 tag 29 dna 4096 in
res 51/04:08:00:6d:70/00:00:74:00:00/04 Emask 0x1 (device error)
status: ( DRDY ERR )
error: ( ABRT )
>>55180758
LMAO
>>55180758
This is now ylyl
wamp wamp waaaaaamp
>ata secure wipe
>recoverable
yup, its a ylyl thread and i just lost
>>55180758
Put into other computer, put hex search against hardrive, search for known words in written down sentence, let it search for many hours depending on GB. Done.
Did the same to find my old fable3 save, altho by save file header.
>>55180758
data recovery company
>>55180992
Didn't let it complete so surely some data can be recovered.
>>55180993
I only remember the file name.
>>55180758
Enjoy your thousand dollar mistake, learn to backup properly
>>55180758
drive is still frozen, remove the ATA password
It's only imaginary money. Why care?
>>55181056
>>55180758
You might be screwed. Maybe testdisk could help you.
>>55180993 as this guy suggested a hex editor might be the way to go, but the filename metadata might have been gone a long time ago.
>>55180758
rekt
>>55180758
I'm pretty sure you're fucked. Sorry, OP. :/
>>55181084
When I issue the security-unlock command with the password I set I get an input/output error.
Look on the bright side, you won't make this mistake a second time, will you?
>>55181061
$632 757 mistake.
>>55181116
this. testdisk to fix partition if possible. photorec to recover files if all else fails
>mnemonic
>can't remember
>>55180758
>Is there any way to recover the home partition where I had the mnemonic saved in a text file?
Install gentoo.
>>55180758
Okay, I got the drive unlocked. The password wasn't NULL so the wipe didn't complete.
>>55181666
Running test disk on it. Hopefully this works.
JUUUUUUUUUUST
>>55181666
>>55181898
Before you do anything, make a image copy of the drive.
>>55180758
>bringing the drive back online without a physical write blocker
are you an idiot
>>55180758
Retard
>>55180758
lullin @ u
>>55180758
>buttcoins
>>55181990
>implying that's necessary
Secure erase doesn't resume when you power the drive back on.
