Hi all,

I'm in a pretty messed-up situation, hope you can give me a hand.
I deleted by accident a folder containing a VMware server virtual machine, that contains most critical information. The host OS is CentOS 5.5, which I believe by default uses Ext3.

I shut down the PC intermediately after noticing this.
Is there any chance of recovering the files? Would they be able to mount to the same or another virtual machine?

I need to get this information somehow, there are no backups.

Which software can I use?

If anyone can help me recover this, you'll get a free book by amazon, you have my word.
I'm THAT desperate.

Hello and Welcome to LinuxQuestions,

I understand you're desperate but posting in multiple forums will not get you a solution faster but instead you (and we) might loose focus on the conversation, not knowing where answers are being posted. Please stick with one thread per problem/question. Have a look at TestDisk and PhotoRec, by using a procedure as indicated in this link. Reporting your other posts as duplicates.

Kind regards,

Eric

1 members found this post helpful.

Please post your thread in only one forum. Posting a single thread in the most relevant forum will make it easier for members to help you and will keep the discussion in one place. This thread is being closed because it is a duplicate.


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...7/#post4228322


Closing the original in favour of the more sensibly placed dupe.

1 members found this post helpful.