It is possible to recover some of the data if it has not been overwritten, but it won't be easy. Stop using the computer right now to prevent overwriting diskspace previously used by /home. Go to this site and start reading. Basically, you need to boot up from a DVD/CD rescue disk that mounts your disk in read only mode.
http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:48 AM, Steven Haigh <net...@crc.id.au> wrote: > On 09/04/13 18:29, vivek chalotra wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> One of my friend has deleted all the data in /home by mistake using rm >> -rf command. >> She actually used $ rm -rf ~ >> Now is there any way to recover that precious data. >> > > Restore from backup. > > If you don't have a backup, let this serve as a lesson as to WHY a backup > is important. > > -- > Steven Haigh > > Email: net...@crc.id.au > Web: https://www.crc.id.au > Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 > Fax: (03) 8338 0299 >
