Randy Kramer wrote: > There are ways to recover deleted files in Linux, especially if they are > text files. IIUC, it is not fun -- you basically read the disk "raw" > and then try to reassemble the files from clusters or whatever. > > The original poster did do a good thing (I think) if he tried to avoid > using the system after he formatted the drive -- the most important > thing in recovering files in dos / Windows is to stop saving files until > you can run a file recovery program, as any new file might overwrite > some portion of the deleted file. > > I know I'm mixing "deleted file" and "formatted partition" and probably > confusing the issue -- may someone can clarify some of these points? > > Randy Kramer
Hmm, somebody correct me if I'm wrong but if you really want to protect that "deleted" file, then you must unmount that drive, or there is a chance some other background app/daemon may use the space in question...isn't that right? --
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