Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread green
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-07 08:48 -0500: > green writes: > > These 4 options have been mentioned: > > 1. remount hda6 readonly > > 2. umount hda6 > > 3. reboot to LiveCD > > 4. immediate power-off (pull the plug) > > The fifth: tell photorec to perform the writings into hda8. If I underst

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 09/07/2010 11:02 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Eduardo M KALINOWSKI writes: Again, where you run the program is essentially irrelevant - what matters is where files are written to. If the program writes to the current directory, then you must cd elsewhere, but if not, you could run from a dire

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
On 09/07/2010 08:12 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> if I do: `# cd /mnt/hda8', and run photorec from hda8, we avoid the possible >> damage caused by the reboot or the shutdown, and also we don't touch hda6. >> Is that true? Eduardo M KALINOWSKI writes: > Again, where you run the program is essen

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-07 06:12 -0500: >> I'm in hda6, the partition containing the deletes files. When I reboot into >> a live CD or into another partition of the hard disk, say hda8, as far as I >> know - but maybe I'm wrong - during the reboot the system will write reports >> in some

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 09/07/2010 08:12 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: When I reboot into a live CD or into another partition of the hard disk, say hda8, as far as I know - but maybe I'm wrong - during the reboot the system will write reports in some files of hda6, which we don't want to. Booting a live CD should not

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread green
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-07 06:12 -0500: > Eduardo M KALINOWSKI writes: > > If it's major, why so much resistance in following the advice that has been > > given? > > Beacuse: > > I'm in hda6, the partition containing the deletes files. When I reboot into a > live CD or into another par

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread green
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 22:21 -0500: > To do as you suggest, I have to log out hda6 and reboot into hda8, otherwise > mount won't umount hda6 because it's busy. Won't the reboot worse the damage? The system is probably writing logs to the disk. But I don't know what your partition sc

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread green
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote at 2010-09-06 06:59 -0500: > On Mon, 06 Sep 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >...And: suppose I had only partition hda6 on the hard disk: even using a live > >CD, as suggested by other listers, where could recovered file have > >been stored, > >since we don't want to write o

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-07 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Thanks for anyone's help: part of the deleted files was rescued. Today I'm fetching a new hard disk on which to continue the search, because I have many partitions on the present hard disk ando so there isn't enough space left in each of them to store all the files found by photorec. On Mon, 06

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-06 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote: To avoid that risk, would it be all right, from within hda6, just cd to hda8 and there perform writes? It doesn't really matter from where you run the program, only where it writes to. And you must only write to another disk. That said, it is bette

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-06 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On Mon, 06 Sep 2010, Rodolfo Medina wrote: ...And: suppose I had only partition hda6 on the hard disk: even using a live CD, as suggested by other listers, where could recovered file have been stored, since we don't want to write on hda6? You'd have to get another place to store the files -

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-06 Thread Angus Hedger
Hey, > Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: > > To avoid that risk, would it be all right, from within hda6, just cd > to hda8 and there perform writes? Is the machine in question still booted and running with hda6 as /home? I would shutdown, use a liveCD, mount hda6 as ro, and hda8 a

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: >>> The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run >>> photorec from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ >>> performing _any_ writes in hda6? green writes: >> You can ensure that no writes are made o

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: >>> The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run >>> photorec from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ >>> performing _any_ writes in hda6? green writes: >> You can ensure that no writes are made o

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: >> The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run photorec >> from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ >> performing _any_ writes in hda6? green writes: > You can ensure that no writes are made on h

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread green
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 16:54 -0500: > The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run photorec > from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ performing > _any_ writes in hda6? You can ensure that no writes are made on hda6 by running the mount

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Angus Hedger
Hey, On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:54:30 +0200 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 05:55 -0500: > The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run > photorec from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, > _without_ performing _any_ writes in hda6?

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 05:55 -0500: >> By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc >> and ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least >> some of them. green writes: > First, make sure you do not make any writes to the filesyst

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Angus Hedger
Hey, On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:55:49 +0200 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via > rysnc and ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover > at least some of them. I would pull the drive out of the system and put it in your machin

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread green
Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 05:55 -0500: > By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc and > ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least some of > them. First, make sure you do not make any writes to the filesystem which contains /hom

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
On 09/05/2010 10:02 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: How can I copy the program in the damaged directory without permenently overwriting the deleted files? Don't try. You must run any recovery program from another disk. Only this way you maximize the chances of recovery. By the way, the easiest w

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 05 September 2010 14:02:56 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > Rob Owens writes: > > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:55:49PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via > >> rysnc and ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rob Owens writes: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:55:49PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: >> By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc >> and ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least >> some of them. >> > Try photorec. Search the archives f

Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Sep 05, 2010 at 12:55:49PM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc and > ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least some of > them. > Try photorec. Search the archives for "/home/user folder accede

Emergence: recover deleted files

2010-09-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc and ethernet cable. Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least some of them. Thanks for any help Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl