On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:21:49 +0200, Mark Manzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I am using freeBSD Unix and someone deleted a bunch of files from the
hard drive. I know when you delete a file from unix, only the pointer or
inode is deleted and not the actual file. From a software perspective,
the information is probally gone. However on a hardware perspective I
believe the data is still there. Are there any tools to retrieve the
lost files?
This is what I want to do:
On the hardware level the hard drive is a physical storage device
with little tiny "switches" that flip between 1's and 0's. Those
switches stay set to whatever they were set at unless they are set to
something else. What I want to attach the hard drive to another computer
with a second hard drive in it (a blank one) and boot to a floppy disk.
From there, a program or tool will scan all the switches ( 1s and 0s) to
try to find patterns that indicate the presence of files. Then copy
those files to the blank hard drive.
Thank you.
There are several commercial tools that can restore file on a UFS
partition, I'm not aware of any free tools
I used Stellar Phoenix (sucsesfully) a while ago after a windows crash
destoyed my part of my UFS partition (grmbl!)
http://www.stellarinfo.com/disk-recovery.htm#bsd
Not cheap though, $355, I don't want to encourage illegal software use,
but I managed to find a cracked version on the web...
There are several others on the web, Use google.
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