[ale] recovering an ext3 drive

[Geoffrey]

ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> Yes. But as I recall, you needed help finding *where* the undeleted files went 
> (even as good as you are).

It was quite a simple process, except for the fact that I was recovering 
such a large number of files.  As follows:

e2undel -d /dev/hda -s path -a -t

1. Asks you for a user name of the deleted file.
2. Asks a deletion time interval (used to reduce the list of deleted items)
3. You are then provided a list of the deleted files, by name, and you 
enter the associated inode # for the file you want to undelete.  The 
inode and filename are show in a table format.

> The last easy recovering tool that I used in 
> Windows was called "Recoverall" (I think). There were many other freeware 
> programs to choose from. Before that, I used something that was called 
> "undelete" which worked from the DOS prompt. 
> 
> NOTE: I said "easy" to use and "works well."

Same would apply to e2undel.

> 
> It is okay for Windows to do something better than Linux. Logically, if 
> Windows was available before Linux - then there was a time that Windows was 
> better at *everything.* Hopefully, Linux will continue to grow and there will 
> be better software for undeleting data in the future.
> 
> This will happen when we first accept that there IS a weakness.

The weakness is in the user not properly backing up their data.  This is 
outlined extensively throughout Linux documentation.  The fact that a 
Windows user brings their poor habits with them to the Linux world does 
not indicate there is a problem with Linux.

Whether you deleted the file yourself, or you lost a hard drive, 
reasonable back solutions will protect you in most cases.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

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