Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
Tim Neill wrote: > Just in a similar vein to Erland's problem: > > I've got reiserfs set up on my buntu box, and wanted to know what options > there are for rescuing deleted data. > The Internet recommends rebuilding the fs nodes from an emergency boot [not > an option]. I was wondering what else fellow ubuntu'ers had in mind? If it's corrupt, rebuilding from an emergency boot is your _only_ option. My next suggestion is: use ext3. I've moved away from reiserfs and xfs in the last few years, even though in some cases (like deleting large files or traversing very large directories) they're far superior, simply because they're not getting as much love from kernel developers. ext3 is the most well-tested Linux file system, and i expect ext4 will continue the tradition. Paul smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
Just in a similar vein to Erland's problem: I've got reiserfs set up on my buntu box, and wanted to know what options there are for rescuing deleted data. The Internet recommends rebuilding the fs nodes from an emergency boot [not an option]. I was wondering what else fellow ubuntu'ers had in mind? Any help would be greatly appreciated Cheers Tim 2008/6/5 Erland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Thanks everyone. I think I'll just have to fork out for a larger hard > drive and have a go on an image of the disk myself. I've also > contacted the place recommended in North Sydney for a quote. > > Cheers, > Erland. > > On Jun 2, 10:46 pm, Fred Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Erland, > > > > You could try Helix from; > > > > http://www.e-fense.com/helix/contents.php > > > > It's a free Computer Forensic Tool. If you know what you are after ie > Documents, Photographs you should be able to recover them using a file > signature search using some of the tools on it. i'd suggest Autopsy, > scalpel or foremost maybe what you need. > > > > You will need another medium to carve the files out to though. > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
Thanks everyone. I think I'll just have to fork out for a larger hard drive and have a go on an image of the disk myself. I've also contacted the place recommended in North Sydney for a quote. Cheers, Erland. On Jun 2, 10:46 pm, Fred Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erland, > > You could try Helix from; > > http://www.e-fense.com/helix/contents.php > > It's a free Computer Forensic Tool. If you know what you are after ie > Documents, Photographs you should be able to recover them using a file > signature search using some of the tools on it. i'd suggest Autopsy, scalpel > or foremost maybe what you need. > > You will need another medium to carve the files out to though. -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
We have used payam in North Sydney with some success. They understand ext3 http://www.payam.com.au/ their clean room is in North Sydney. dave Erland wrote: > Hi all, > I recently had a major problem on my external hard drive - something > to do with a corrupt journal I think. Anyway, after asking people on > the ubuntu IRC channel, it appears that I need to go to a commercial > data recovery service. I have tried a few things myself without > success - mainly because I don't have another external hard drive that > can hold an entire image of the drive. Therefore gddrescue etc doesn't > work. Can anyone tell me who (in Sydney) could do data recovery on an > ext3 filesystem. The data is super critical to me, so I want to make > sure whoever handles it really knows what they're doing. > Thanks, > Erland. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
Erland, You could try Helix from; http://www.e-fense.com/helix/contents.php It's a free Computer Forensic Tool. If you know what you are after ie Documents, Photographs you should be able to recover them using a file signature search using some of the tools on it. i'd suggest Autopsy, scalpel or foremost maybe what you need. You will need another medium to carve the files out to though. Erland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I recently had a major problem on my external hard drive - something to do with a corrupt journal I think. Anyway, after asking people on the ubuntu IRC channel, it appears that I need to go to a commercial data recovery service. I have tried a few things myself without success - mainly because I don't have another external hard drive that can hold an entire image of the drive. Therefore gddrescue etc doesn't work. Can anyone tell me who (in Sydney) could do data recovery on an ext3 filesystem. The data is super critical to me, so I want to make sure whoever handles it really knows what they're doing. Thanks, Erland. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au - Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address.-- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
Re: Data Recovery: professionals familiar with ext3
On Mon, 2008-06-02 at 02:01 -0700, Erland wrote: > Hi all, > I recently had a major problem on my external hard drive - something > to do with a corrupt journal I think. Anyway, after asking people on > the ubuntu IRC channel, it appears that I need to go to a commercial > data recovery service. I have tried a few things myself without > success - mainly because I don't have another external hard drive that > can hold an entire image of the drive. Therefore gddrescue etc doesn't > work. Can anyone tell me who (in Sydney) could do data recovery on an > ext3 filesystem. The data is super critical to me, so I want to make > sure whoever handles it really knows what they're doing. I am in Melbourne, so I can't help you with a data recovery expert in Syndey. Based my previous experience, investing in a second drive will be a lot cheaper. Any decent data recovery shop charges an absolute fortune for one simple reason, they know you are desperate to get the data back. Try msy.com.au for a cheap WD HDD and enclosure, it will be less than the "initial assessment" fee and you will have a new drive. btw spend the money on a Seagate if your budget allows for it :) Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
