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Old 10-03-2011
File recovery

Hi,

Please let me know the way to recover the files deleted from home directory by 'rm*' command .

Thanks in advance.
# 2  
Old 10-03-2011
With a restore.

You do have a backup, right?
# 3  
Old 10-03-2011
No I dont have back up.

Can we roll back rm command?
# 4  
Old 10-03-2011
That's what backups do for you. If you have no backup, then, you don't have a backup...

The best you can do is stop using the disk immediately -- and I mean stop using it, no writing to it at all, if you can't shut off the machine then remount the filesystem read-only. Any write has a chance of overwriting part or all of the deleted file. Then figure out the right raw-data recovery tool for use on your system. Something like magicrescue may work depending on what your system is and what you deleted. I can't predict what your odds of retrieving it are.

If you deleted a whole tree and not just one file, if you get back anything at all you're likely to get back a disorganized mess of instead of a nicely organized tree.
# 5  
Old 10-03-2011
I would just add, that it would be useful to tell us about your environment (OS + version, dedicated or virtual, etc.).

For example, I don't take backups of my VM's, but I know that I have a Time Machine backup of my Mac, so if push came to shove, I could get the VMDK files back, and recover my files another way.

Knowing as much about your setup could help someone help you.
# 6  
Old 10-03-2011
First of all, download your program to a usb key and make sure it is self contained, no setup or what no! Like photorec for linux. Just a pointer.
# 7  
Old 10-03-2011
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Originally Posted by Klasform
First of all, download your program to a usb key and make sure it is self contained, no setup or what no! Like photorec for linux. Just a pointer.
I'm at something of a loss to emphasise the un-importance of this particular advice at such a time.

ravigupta2u will surely be more aware of the need to back up important data after this experience. But I would no more trust the reliability of a USB stick to save my important data than I would UBS to not invest in something really dumb, right now.

Last edited by Scott; 10-03-2011 at 04:15 PM.. Reason: Replaced word "meaninglessness" (which is far too long anyway) with "un-importance", which in the context seems a better one.
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