Random Bits

Link that saved my day’s work:
http://recover.sourceforge.net/linux/

Interesting fact about ext3(from Linux ext3 FAQ):

Q: How can I recover (undelete) deleted files from my ext3 partition?
Actually, you can’t! This is what one of the developers, Andreas Dilger, said about it:
In order to ensure that ext3 can safely resume an unlink after a crash, it actually zeros out the block pointers in the inode, whereas ext2 just marks these blocks as unused in the block bitmaps and marks the inode as “deleted” and leaves the block pointers alone.
Your only hope is to “grep” for parts of your files that have been deleted and hope for the best.

Other related Links:

• DataRecovery - Ubuntu Documentation
• Recovery Is possible

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