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10-25-2007	#1 (permalink)
Simi Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	Lost Important Files 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 could be restored.Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards'

10-25-2007	#2 (permalink)
Lakshmipathi Linux Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 3rd rock from sun Posts: 1,093	If you are using ext3 file system Check out this article Undeleting files from an ext3 partition « Kreotek Developer’s Journal __________________ - Lakshmipathi.G ------------------- FOSS India Award winning ext3fs Undelete tool and tutorials www.giis.co.in First they criticize you,Then they laugh at you,Then they fight with you,Then you win. - M.K.Gandhi -------------------

10-25-2007	#3 (permalink)
Simi Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	M sorry im new to it...do we need to download a tool or do we type a command somewhere please bear with me

10-25-2007	#4 (permalink)
Lakshmipathi Linux Engineer Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: 3rd rock from sun Posts: 1,093	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 __________________ - Lakshmipathi.G ------------------- FOSS India Award winning ext3fs Undelete tool and tutorials www.giis.co.in First they criticize you,Then they laugh at you,Then they fight with you,Then you win. - M.K.Gandhi -------------------

10-26-2007	#5 (permalink)
Simi Just Joined! Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3	It was an xls file

10-27-2007	#6 (permalink)
ozar Super Moderator Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 12,051	It might be worth mentioning here that PhotoRec now comes by default on the latest Parted Magic LiveCD (version 1.9): Parted Magic __________________ oz New Members: * README *

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