--- "Vivek J. Patankar" list307@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/25/06, Rony Bill ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
deleted using 'rm -rf'. Has anyone on this list actually recovered deleted files from ext3
partitions
using any utilities? If so please help.
I have recovered files from a dead ext3 partition (wouldn't mount) using rlinux. I believe you have already tried it. My experience contradicts your statement. The software (for Windows) was able to *see* the dead partition and lift files off it. I could also recover files that I know I had deleted.
R-linux can see my folder list but recovers blank inode files. The inodes have a block size of zero bytes and that I feel is an indicator that my data is gone forever. Without any block information, no data can be recovered.
At least in vfat, I have successfully recovered deleted files using pc inspector on 3 different hdds. Ext3 does not seem to be a very good file system when it comes to data recovery.
This brings up a question, for file recovery, which is the best FS in linux?
Regards,
Rony.
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