Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-07-15 Thread Paolo
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:11:02PM +0200, Micha wrote: > Hello, > > Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, > but i'm in urgent trouble. > I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop, late replay, but might come handy for anybody in similar situation. I had the

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Goley
I did not catch what type fies you lost. Some files can be recovered using some utilities I would have to look up. I made the same mistake you did. I deleted data that had not been backed up. I was able to recover many files. I do not remember if it was reiserfs or EXT2/3 now. If you have

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-03-15 Thread Paolo
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 06:18:11PM +0100, Michael wrote: > > i would be happy to be able to do but after sleuthkit/autopsy couldn't help ... > Anyway, ext3 clearly is difficult to recover. eh, seems that's the sad truth with j-fs - btw anybody has had such experience (I mean, full delete then (

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-03-15 Thread Michael
Johannes, i would be happy to be able to do but after sleuthkit/autopsy couldn't help (and no reply from their mailing list about this) i lost nerves and invested in recreating as much of the files as possible, which needed crazy huge amounts of time but at least was the only safe bet. For the

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-03-15 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Micha wrote: > Hello, > > Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, > but i'm in urgent trouble. > I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop, > just when i wanted to do a really overdue backup. > It's about 5 GB, nearly 3 months of work, and the last > backup i

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Wiget
on the MLUG web site, i did an article on how I recovered a lot of files from a damaged hard drive. It is a rather laborous way of doing things but it works great. The post is here: http://www.maysville-linux-users-group.org/ftopict-147.html Another option that is much simpler that will work

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-14 Thread Preston Boyington
Micha wrote: > > Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, > but i'm in urgent trouble. not a problem for me. here's some links i had saved in case something like this happened to me DISCLAIMER I HAVE NOT TRIED THESE PROGRAMS PERSONALLY AND HOPE THAT I WILL NOT HAV

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-14 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Mittwoch 14 Februar 2007 schrieb Micha: > Hello, > > Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, > but i'm in urgent trouble. > I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop, > just when i wanted to do a really overdue backup. > It's about 5 GB, nearly 3 months of w

file recovery - urgent

2007-02-14 Thread Micha
Hello, Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, but i'm in urgent trouble. I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop, just when i wanted to do a really overdue backup. It's about 5 GB, nearly 3 months of work, and the last backup is a month ago where most of t

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:46:15AM +0100, Micha wrote: > > http://www.linux-live.org/ for recue CD/USB as small as ~40MB. > Needs a working environment (remember i can't boot the laptop again, sorry, wrong link (though slax is really cool); all sort of livecd are listed (also) here: http://www

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Micha
Mike, oops, i had to pick these mail out of my provider's spam filter ! I've no clue why, or maybe because you only CCd the list ? I'll have a look into your links tomorrow. thx! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Micha
Florian Hinzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Knoppix makes this possible with its writable layered filesystem. That's a great hint (i already asked myself that question) it means it's worth to download the Knoppix DVD to have just a working environment where i can install any linux tool any time. (I

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 09:39:42PM +0100, Micha wrote: > > I'll see if i can find magicrescue on knoppix 5.1 dvd it's in Etch, anyway. > until tomorrow it seems, low bandwidth since the meanwhile you may want to read about it: http://jbj.rapanden.dk/magicrescue/ > or maybe i'll find a suitab

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > - do not boot from the harddisc > - get a live cd, like GRML, Knoppix, System-Rescue > - boot the CD > - if you can, make a backup of your harddisc with dd to an other one.. (like > a USB HD) >

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Micha
thanks to all, I'll see if i can find magicrescue on knoppix 5.1 dvd which i'm downloading right now (this will need until tomorrow it seems, low bandwidth since the router is heavily loaded by others' filesharing) or maybe i'll find a suitable recovery cd, i'll start googling soon. I still hope

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Florian Reitmeir wrote: ... > - if you can, make a backup of your harddisc with dd to an other one.. (like > a USB HD) or via (W)LAN > > e2undel - Undelete utility for the ext2 file system > magicrescue - recovers files by looking for magic bytes

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Florian Reitmeir
Hi, - do not boot from the harddisc - get a live cd, like GRML, Knoppix, System-Rescue - boot the CD - if you can, make a backup of your harddisc with dd to an other one.. (like a USB HD) try to run the files: e2undel - Undelete utility for the ext2 file system magicrescue - recovers fil

file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Micha
Hello, Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related, but i'm in urgent trouble. I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop, just when i wanted to do a really overdue backup. It's about 5 GB, nearly 3 months of work, and the last backup is a month ago where most of t