I have Xubuntu 14.04 64-bit on my computer. I deleted a file then later decided to try and recover it. I looked online and found 'foremost'. Installed it and ran the command
Code:
sudo foremost -i /dev/sda/-a -o ~/Downloads -v
I let it run to see if I could find that file I had deleted. After a long time I got frustrated and stop the process. I later realized that foremost had recovered all those files that it had found and has completely taken up almost my whole HDD. I deleted the files and they were sent to the trash. Deleted them from there and thought I had gotten rid of them. When I tried to install another program I was informed that I didn't have enough disk space. So I went in search of the extra files. Found them with babob and opened the folder. Deleted them and they just came back. I tried using
Code:
sudo rm -r /path/to/file
with no luck. I opened a root terminal and tried deleting them that way. Still no luck. No matter what I try I can't deleted the extra files that are taking up room on my HDD. I would appreciate any help you could offer.
Can't delete files forecast recovered to my system
