Accidentally deleted data under Linux, any chance of recovery? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

laconic1 · 12-08-2007, 05:30 PM

Oops. I was deleting a couple of files from my home folder in Kubuntu 7.10 and then emptied the trash bin. Then I realized a folder with 38 gigs of data I wanted to keep had accidentally been selected along with the stuff I was trying to delete. Data I had just downloaded in the last few weeks and had not backed up yet. Fuuuuccckkk!!!! In Windows it would be easy enough to recover but I haven't found a way to do it in Linux yet. Is there any way to readily recover it through software?

spectre · 12-08-2007, 05:55 PM

I'm running the same OS and just opened up Adept Manager. After searching for "recovery", I found a program called "magicrescue" that seems to be what you're looking for. Just go into Adept Manager and search for it. Hope that helps!

laconic1 · 12-12-2007, 03:00 AM

Thanks for the suggestion spectre, unfortunately I could not figure out a recipe to retrieve the data I deleted. At least it was stuff I could just download again, nothing truly lost. Better to learn a lesson that way than with something truly important. Having 7Mbit dsl helps.

12-08-2007, 05:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	Accidentally deleted data under Linux, any chance of recovery? Oops. I was deleting a couple of files from my home folder in Kubuntu 7.10 and then emptied the trash bin. Then I realized a folder with 38 gigs of data I wanted to keep had accidentally been selected along with the stuff I was trying to delete. Data I had just downloaded in the last few weeks and had not backed up yet. Fuuuuccckkk!!!! In Windows it would be easy enough to recover but I haven't found a way to do it in Linux yet. Is there any way to readily recover it through software?

12-08-2007, 05:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	I'm running the same OS and just opened up Adept Manager. After searching for "recovery", I found a program called "magicrescue" that seems to be what you're looking for. Just go into Adept Manager and search for it. Hope that helps! __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

12-12-2007, 03:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
laconic1 Junkie	Thanks for the suggestion spectre, unfortunately I could not figure out a recipe to retrieve the data I deleted. At least it was stuff I could just download again, nothing truly lost. Better to learn a lesson that way than with something truly important. Having 7Mbit dsl helps.