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Old 09-16-2009, 10:06 AM   #1
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How to restore a deleted directory?


Terrible, I just used rm -rf to delete a folder.

How can I restore it?
 
Old 09-16-2009, 10:11 AM   #2
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There are recovery tools, but the first step is to turn off your computer!

Then boot from a live-cd and mount the drive READ ONLY.
 
Old 09-16-2009, 12:19 PM   #3
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This solution seems quite complecate.

I haven't delete the original folder but mein own. I don't htink I have to mount the live-cd again.
 
Old 09-16-2009, 12:19 PM   #4
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restore from backup ...

try http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
 
Old 09-16-2009, 12:44 PM   #5
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I haven't delete the original folder but mein own.
I have no idea what does that mean.

But every second that you continue using your drive mounted with write permissions you risk the old info being overwritten, and when that happens, there's no chance for recovery at all.

Being that said, you could use debugfs with its internal ls -d instruction to find the deleted files, but debugfs is *dangerous* unless you know what you are doing.
 
Old 09-16-2009, 12:56 PM   #6
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Assuming that what you are trying to say is that you had a copy of another directory and you deleted that copy, then it's a simple issue of copying that original directory again.
 
Old 09-17-2009, 07:05 AM   #7
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Sorry for misunderstanding. Here again:

I created a folder which contains sub-folders which contain files. Oversightly I deleted the folder. There is no copy or backup. Now I want to restore or recover it.
 
Old 09-17-2009, 07:22 AM   #8
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As said before, shutdown the system and use Photorec or similar tools using the Live Cd. Photorec is available as tool built inside Trinity Rescue Kit.
Why you need to shutdown the system and not use it is already quite clearly explained.
 
  


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