Lost My Documents
 

So this is what happens when you're too cocky!

Before transitioning from Windows 98 to RedHat 9, I burned all my crucial documents to CD to ensure they would not be lost. So far, so good...several weeks passed and I grew to be relatively comfortable with Linux.

Then tragedy struck...the disks with my backed-up files on them were destroyed.

I have heard that it is possible that these files may still be on my machine somewhere accessible, but I don't have the Linux knowledge to go prowling around for them. Does anyone have suggestions as for how I might be able to do this? (Otherwise I will have lost circa 8 years of backed-up files, quite enough to make anyone cranky...)

For reference, in case there is a time limit on this, I believe I made the switch about a month ago...

Thank you SO MUCH in advance!!

Tenzing

In reality, if you repartitioned and reformated the drive compeletely there is little chance of recovering data.

There are data recovery centers that might be able to recover some lost data but at a prohibitive cost for the average person.

Sorry.