[ale] undelete data ext3

[Dow Hurst]

Contact Bob Toxen at 770-662-8321.
He has recovered lost data before and would probably give it a *very* 
educated shot.  He certainly could assist you in making a permanent copy 
of the filesystem for detailed later analysis.
Dow


ChangingLINKS.com wrote:

>ALE, 08-24-02 1245
>
>1. My data consisting text files (and 3 tar files) was in a partition called 
>/data
>2. Using a program that makes tasks easier, "rm -rf /data/save"
>3. I realized the command was recursive. I figured out the /save directory was 
>gone.
>4. I immediately shut off power to the machine to keep the data intact.
>5. I booted the machine (to copy some current files to floppy) and shut it 
>down.
>
>6. I tried downloading installing and using:
>   recover-1.3.tar.gz
>   mc-4.5.55.tar.gz
>   unrm-0.92.tar.gz
>   lde-2.6.0.tar.gz
>
>I was most "successful" with Midnight "mc" Commander. Using a ext2 floppy as a 
>test, I was able to see attributes of the file that I deleted (and the size 
>of the file seemed to remain the same). When I try to open the file, just see 
>a bit of "machine language."
>
>I am a Luser - so I am not sure what to make of the results that I am getting. 
>I should be able to undelete from a ext2 floppy - but it is not half as easy 
>as a FAT32 or 16. Next, I want to try to format the floppy ext3 and undelete.
>
>We can all agree that the data that I want to recover is still on the /data 
>partition because I made sure that nothing ever wrote to the partition. The 
>data should be "easier" to recover because it is mostly text files and the 
>tar.gz files were in a separate directory called /code. 
>
>I am still not sure if ext3 can be undeleted "yet."  I am thinking Geoffry had 
>success, but I am not sure he undeleted from ext3.
>
>Unfortunately, my "get paid to undelete" thread turned into jokes about losing 
>code on Windows. Is there no one who can help me beat this problem? I refuse 
>to lose this data.
>  
>


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