Questions tagged [undelete]
Use this tag for questions about un-deleting data, such as if you accidentally delete something important. Also consider using the [data-recovery] tag.
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undelete files on ext4
My mother has placed some important files on her /tmp per accident. Now, of course, they are gone.
This happened yesterday (2 boots of the machine since)
I want to try to undelete the files. They ...
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Prevent `dd` from destroying SSD or HDD
I have two SSD's and on HDD.
When I use sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd count=1000 good things happen and I erase partitions from my USB flashdrive.
When I use sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb ...
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How to recover a deleted user account
I have deleted a user account using the command userdel -r george.
It deleted that user with their files.
I need to restore that user and their files, is it possible? How can I achieve it?
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Undelete: Access is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened
I need to restore some files deleted from pratition.
ben@ben-V5-171:~$ sudo ntfsundelete /dev/sdb1
Access is denied because the NTFS volume is already exclusively opened.
The volume may be already ...
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Ext4magic not listing files properly in the Home dir
I'm trying to recover files and directories accidentally deleted from my home folder. I have ext4magic working, as I can create and then delete a test file in a subdirectory 'undeltest' and then ...