Simon Breden wrote:
Yep, normally you can't get the data back, especially if new files have been
written to the drives AND the files were written over the old ones.
You have a slight chance, or big chance, depending on how many files have been
written since deletion of files, and if ZFS tries to use space that was just
freed or not...
You could maybe try appealing to someone who knows these things well, as you
might be able to find some software that can scan sectors and search for a
known pattern of bytes.
Example: If your gf knows that one of her needed docs contains an expression
such as 'blah blah blah'... then you need to scan the blocks for that byte
pattern.
It's a long shot, and I don't know how to do that with ZFS file systems, but
using this technique I managed to recover all my photo library from a failed
Windows drive a few years ago using some software called GetDataBackNT.
Good luck!
Hi Simon, long time no speak.
It's worth a try although like you i'll have to bow to the gurus on the
list. It's not the end of the world if she can't get it back, but if
anyone does know of a method like this, I'd love to know, for future
reference as much as anything.
Thanks
~M
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