Title: Note to self: Do not format hard drives while sleepy (or at least make a backup)
Date: 2014-11-16 14:26
Author: adam
Category: Uncategorized
Tags: computer, linux, stupid
Slug: note-to-self-do-not-format-hard-drives-while-sleepy-or-at-least-make-a-backup
Status: published

Sooo... I was installing Arch Linux, and resized my Linux Mint partition with `parted` (which is apparently not good at shrinking partitions).  <!--more--> This lead to an issue where the partition thought it was bigger than it was. In trying to fix this, I ended up accidentally
reformatting the partition, and can't seem to recover it.
This is why I should probably back things up. Luckily, the only things on that partition that are not redundant or easily replaceable are video game saves, a project I was working on in Advanced Computer Programming,
and some pictures (or at least I hope that's all).
My plan now is to back up the whole drive, and continue trying from there, while just moving on with this one. I suspect that I might be able to get the pictures with some other software (PhotoRec), but I have little hope for most everything else.

I really wish I would stop doing thing that are likely to destructive right before important events (like, for instance, exams this week)...