[ale] recovering an ext3 drive

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By the way - Thank you (Geoffrey) for sending the information below. I am 
putting it in my archive of commands so that I can use it later if needed.
Our user network community makes Linux so much better than other OSes. I will 
be going to my first AUSTIN LUG meetng tomorrow!!!

Drew



On Sunday 19 January 2003 18:41, Geoffrey wrote:
> 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.

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Wishing you Happiness, Joy, and Laughter,
Drew Brown
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