On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 12:25:02 PM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: > > On 8/12/19 10:50 AM, ger...@riseup.net <javascript:> wrote: > > Chris Laprise: > >> On 8/12/19 9:37 AM, ger...@riseup.net <javascript:> wrote: > >>> Is there a possibility, to recover data after moving it with cut and > >>> paste? > >>> > >>> Description what I did: > >>> I have a VM based on a Fedora 28 template (Qubes 4.0) and attached a > USB > >>> 3.0 SD reader with a SD card to that VM. > >>> I moved my complete folder with important offline e-mail data (appr. > >>> 500MB) from the VM to the SD card with cut and paste. > >>> The connection to the SD card was interrupted during moving, so the > data > >>> on the VM is lost and there is only a small part of it on the SD card > >>> now. > >>> There is no backup of that data to restore. > >>> I know it was stupid, not to use copy and paste and not to make a > backup > >>> :-( > >>> > >>> I didn't make a reboot of the VM and I didn't copy data on that VM > yet. > >>> Can the deleted data be restored somehow? > >>> > >>> Many thanks for each kind of help or hint! > >>> > >> > >> There is a chance you can recover the data..... > >> > >> You said "I didn't make a reboot of the VM", and if your system is > >> still running and the VM has not been shut down since the incident, > >> you can simply clone the VM while it is still running. This will > >> create a clone VM in the same state (with the same data!) _before_ you > >> started the source VM. > >> > >> A VM's prior state (pre-startup) isn't removed from the system until > >> you shut down the VM. > >> > > > > It worked! Thanks a lot for the answer and thanks a lot for the Qubes > > team to develop such a safe working system. All my data could be > > restored without loss. > > > > Really glad to hear it... kudos to people who ask for help in an > emergency and don't panic! :) >
Hear, hear! Nice one, Chris. This is a great candidate for something to add to the new users guide for the Google Season of Docs effort! Brendan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/864a80cf-02b9-49b7-9198-78be115fb5d2%40googlegroups.com.
