Topic: deleted folder on ibay / how to recover

[BernhardJ]

Hello,

I have deleted a folder with files on an ibay accidentally. It is a big disaster as this folder contained a lot of work of another person.

I am trying to recover the files with some apps I found on the web, but none of these worked.

Please, can anybody give me a hint? I am sorry, but I would need a detailed how-to as I am not quite fit in Linux usage details.

Regards, b.

[Damian]

Sorry to tell you Bernhard but without backups you're probably unable to recover the data. Linux doesn't just rename the first charachter in the FAT to "?" to remove a file, it deletes the inode entry and recreating that is going to be way too difficult to explain (or do).
Damian

[collar]

Greetings,

You can really try some data recovery tools such as Active@ undelete or Uneraser (DOS). They are really very powerful and never failed me before. I'm pretty sure that will help.

http://www.active-undelete.com/

http://www.uneraser.com/

[MSmith]

Collar, those aren't going to work as they are for Windows filesystems.  I can't say for absolutely sure, as there may be tools out there I'm not familiar with, but I tend to agree with Damian that the data is gone, gone, gone.

However, a quick Google on ext3 recover deleted turns up a few options.  A fast look seems to point to "Lost and Found" as the only product that might work.

[Janm]

Hi:
Maybe you could Try
Spinrite6 from http://grc.com
I dont know if it can do it but a try worth
All the best luck from Jan Denmark