# Data Recovery - Partition Problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [May 23, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627 "2014-05-23T19:47:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627/1 "2014-05-23T19:47:07Z")
I’m looking for a non commercial utility that can recover data AND retain the directory structure and filenames for a usb external disk that has a partition problem. I have found utilities that can recover the data but lose the filenames or the folder structure. Thanks for any replies. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627/2 "2014-05-24T03:15:21Z")
On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:47:07 +0000, Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > I’m looking for a non commercial utility that can recover data AND > retain the directory structure and filenames for a usb external disk > that has a partition problem. > I have found utilities that can recover the data but lose the filenames > or the folder structure. > > Thanks for any replies.[/color] What kind of filesystem is/was on the drive? Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627/3 "2014-05-27T18:51:40Z")
Thank you for your reply. The file system is NTFS. “Jim Henderson” [hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote in message [news:twRfv.1997$BI3.1555@novprvlin0914.provo.novell.com](mailto:news:twRfv.1997$BI3.1555@novprvlin0914.provo.novell.com)…[color=blue] > On Fri, 23 May 2014 16:47:07 +0000, Arthur wrote: > [color=green] > > > I’m looking for a non commercial utility that can recover data AND > > retain the directory structure and filenames for a usb external disk > > that has a partition problem. > > I have found utilities that can recover the data but lose the filenames > > or the folder structure. > > > > Thanks for any replies.[/color] > > What kind of filesystem is/was on the drive? > > Jim > > – > Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 > Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner[/color] ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627/4 "2014-05-27T21:33:21Z")
On Tue, 27 May 2014 15:51:40 +0000, Arthur wrote: [color=blue] > Thank you for your reply. The file system is NTFS.[/color] What you might look at is some of the OSS forensic analysis tools that are available - that’s probably going to be the best option. [sleuthkit.org](http://sleuthkit.org) might be a good starting point. Jim – Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/data-recovery-partition-problem/25627/5 "2014-05-28T18:58:10Z")
Thank you. “Jim Henderson” [hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:hendersj@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote in message [news:RT4hv.2063$BI3.1338@novprvlin0914.provo.novell.com](mailto:news:RT4hv.2063$BI3.1338@novprvlin0914.provo.novell.com)…[color=blue] > On Tue, 27 May 2014 15:51:40 +0000, Arthur wrote: > [color=green] > > > Thank you for your reply. The file system is NTFS.[/color] > > What you might look at is some of the OSS forensic analysis tools that > are available - that’s probably going to be the best option. > > [sleuthkit.org](http://sleuthkit.org) might be a good starting point. > > Jim > > – > Jim Henderson, CNA6, CDE, CNI, LPIC-1, CLA10, CLP10 > Novell/SUSE/NetIQ Knowledge Partner[/color]