[plug] ext3grep- undeleting files on an ext3 partition

[Jason]

Not a problem Tim.

When I used it, I recovered a heap of photos off the memory card that I had deleted a good 3 - 6 months earlier.  Both my wife and I were VERY 
impressed with it.

Good luck!

Jason.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 01:45:20PM +0900, tim.bowden at westnet.com.au wrote:
> Thanks Jason, I'll give it a try (actually, at this point I'll give
> almost anything a try, but it does look promising).
> 
> Tim Bowden
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: uq1 at hate-tank.net (Jason)
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] ext3grep- undeleting files on an ext3 partition
> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:30:09 +0900
> 
> >http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Main_Page
> >
> >Used this on a memory stick that I'd accidentally deleted photos off.
> >
> >Worked wonders.
> >
> >On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 01:18:47PM +0900, tim.bowden at westnet.com.au
> >wrote:
> >> I've always been careful about using rm, but now I've come unstuck.
> >
> >> Yes, I ran it deliberately, thinking I was working on a copy of my
> >> data.  Turns out I initially used mv, not cp when building my
> >working
> >> data set (contrary to my usual practice). I discovered that about
> >0.5
> >> seconds after I used rm * to back out of some changes I was making
> >to
> >> a bunch of jpg's.  Yes, I felt like an idiot.  Unfortunately I
> >can't
> >> go back to the original source of the images: The internal memory
> >of
> >> my digital camera (now deleted), so I'm forced to try and undelete.
> >
> >> I'm looking at ext3grep for the job, but I'm wondering if anyone
> >here
> >> has tried it and can report on its effectiveness?  or any
> >> alternatives that have worked for anyone.  Although I believe the
> >> current wisdom is that it's not possible, a desperate man will
> >grasp
> >> at any straw!
> >> 
> >> I shut down the laptop asap, and will boot with a live cd to
> >recover
> >> an image of the disk before I go mucking around with it, so I know
> >> the data is on there.  I even know the inodes used by most of the
> >> files and file sizes.
> >> 
> >> Thanks in great anticipation,
> >> Tim Bowden
> >> 
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