tool to recover SFS formated HD

[Thomas]

I would at first downgrade to 1.190 and then read the docs of 1.205 if some additional actions have to be done during upgrade.

There is a SFS support mailing list, the address should be mentioned in the docs.

Doesn't a SFSsalv utility come with the archive ?

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Didn't it say you will loose everything before you saved SFS the first time ?

If not, why does it now ? What do you do different now ?

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I agree. Changing the file system with HDToolbox does not change the data on the partition. In order to get back the data you only need to restore exactly the state as it was before.

If you worry about partition sizes and positions, you can use RDBrecov to determine how it should be.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Perhaps you should consider reading docs before you try out new software ?

Trial-and-error might be an easy way to learn but you get stuck as soon as you run out of options.

The dos type (or identifier) is the connection between the filesystem and the partition. All partitions with the same dos type use the same filesystem. The file system identifier must be unique in the system.

If you change the dostype of SmartFileSystem from CFS/0 to SFS/0, you must also change all partitions from CFS/0 to SFS/0. And vice versa, if you change the partition dostype, you must change the file system dostype either.

Also, if you use CFS/0 for SmartFileSystem on one hdd, CFS/0 must be SmartFileSystem on all other of your hdds.

And of course you still should use SFS 1.190 to get back your data.

Bye,
Thomas