Re: I quick-formated my encrypted partition , how to recover ?

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On 12.08.2010, Arno Wagner wrote: 

> That is untrue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302686

> A Windows Format/Quick Format does not blank the disk

Yes, but since the old filesystem was not NTFS and is LUKS/dmcrypt encrypted, 
all the files are gone now. That was what I meant.

> ext2/ext3 for example have backup superblock copies distributed over 
> the disk and recovery of all files/directories except those located at the 
> start are quite possible with e2fsck after FAT formatting. Some
> recoverz should be possible after NTFS formatting.

As far as I understand, the crypto layer on the now NTFS formatted filesystem
is no longer active, making it impossible to use any data recovery on it.
What am I missing?


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