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Hi All I lost some very important files when system shut down unexpectedly..Is there a program similar to System restore in windows in Linux also using which maybe the files ...
  1. 10-25-2007 #1
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    I lost some very important files when system shut down unexpectedly..Is there a program similar to System restore in windows in Linux also using which maybe the files could be restored.Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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    If you are using ext3 file system Check out this article Undeleting files from an ext3 partition « Kreotek Developer’s Journal
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    FOSS India Award winning ext3fs Undelete tool and tutorials www.giis.co.in
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    M sorry im new to it...do we need to download a tool or do we type a command somewhere please bear with me
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    what type of file your are looking for?
    Yes.you may need to download tools like formost as said in that link.
    There is also photorec to download.
    Can use linux command dd
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    It was an xls file
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    It might be worth mentioning here that PhotoRec now comes by default on the latest Parted Magic LiveCD (version 1.9):

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    → new users: read this first
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