ext3 undelete?
Robert
robert at apex.net.au
Sun Jan 12 22:57:27 EST 2003
I'm afraid your out of luck. This subject was covered recently on the
linux-kernel mailing list.
The ext3 data structures do not support any method of undeleting.
Too much data is erase when a file is deleted.
Andrew Donehue wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I am trying to recover some lost data (not my system in the
> first place, otherwise I would have a backup of it :) - the filesystem
> is ext3 - my question is: Will the ext2 undelete tools for linux work on
> ext3? - I know they are very similiar filesystems, and you can use most
> ext2 disk tools on ext3..... but I've tried a few and with tests am so
> far getting nothing :(
>
> Any advice?
>
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
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