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#### 2.4.9 rescue

Command: rescue start end

  Rescue a lost partition that used to be located approximately between start and end. If such a partition is found, Parted will ask you if you want to create a partition for it. This is useful if you accidently deleted a partition with parted’s rm command, for example.

  Example:

      (parted) print

      Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-8063.507 megabytes
      Disk label type: msdos
      Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
      1          0.031   8056.032  primary   ext3

      (parted) rm
      Partition number? 1
      (parted) print

      Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-8063.507 megabytes
      Disk label type: msdos
      Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags

  OUCH! We deleted our ext3 partition!!! Parted comes to the rescue...

      (parted) rescue
      Start? 0
      End? 8056
      Information: A ext3 primary partition was found at 0.031MB ->
      8056.030MB.  Do you want to add it to the partition table?
      Yes/No/Cancel? y
      (parted) print

      Disk geometry for /dev/hdc: 0.000-8063.507 megabytes
      Disk label type: msdos
      Minor    Start       End     Type      Filesystem  Flags
      1          0.031   8056.032  primary   ext3

  It’s back! :)