Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:53:39 -0500 From: Michael Copeland <michael.copeland@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restore deleted files Message-ID: <496756E3.5040002@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090109002846.c67d962f.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090109002846.c67d962f.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to ask a two-stage question: > > 1. Is it possible to recover files that have been deleted? > > 2. Which tools or procedures are suggested for recovery? > > While sorting out some files and transfering them to another > hard disk, I accidentally deleted too much: the directory with > my videos taken by a digital camera. They were located in a > directory within a subtree, and I deleted the whole subtree > without first copying these files. > > I used the Midnight Commander to do this. As I read from its > source code, it seems to use the unlink() call to delete the > subtree recursively. Pressing PF8 can really ruin your day... > > Just after I noticed what I had done I unmounted the file system, > powered off the machine and put the disk on the shelf (it's still > there), no further write accesses. > > I would be glad if someone could enlighten me if there is any > chance to get the files back, even with the loss of the file > names (doesn't matter), and which tools seem to serve best in > this difficult task. > > And if it's impossible, please tell me. I can newfs the disk > then and free it, along with my mind. > > > > > PS. > I'm posting this question to -fs, too. Answers from this list > please keep me in CC because I'm not subscribed to -fs. Thank you! > See if this can help you, it recognizes and recovers files based on headers, data structures, etc. not names. http://foremost.sourceforge.net/ this along with a couple of the other tools people have mentioned should get you back to where you need to be.
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