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Why Recovering a Deleted Ext3 File Is Difficult . . .

We have all done it before. You accidentally type in the wrong argument to rm or select the wrong file for deletion. As you hit enter, you notice your mistake and your stomach drops. You reach for the backup of the system and realize that there isn't one.

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#5	Mike Kay commented on the 15 Jan 2008 Excellent article. Followed it step by step and successfully recovered a .XLS spreadsheet that had been deleted from the /tmp folder on Ubuntu Gutsy. It also found an associated .jpg that I wasn't looking for! Saved me hours of retyping. Thanks a lot.
#4	Jahangir commented on the 22 Oct 2007 This was really the best article i could find inspite of 3 hrs of googling. But what if you are trying to recover a 6GB VM. Since VMware files are not recognized by foremost, how can we get the magic number to get the header for the VM files ??
#3	ruintower commented on the 23 Apr 2006 Trackback Added: ext3 undelete; I “mis-deleted” a big file several days ago. So I umount the the partition immediately and searched the recovery method because I knew (but forgot) some methods to recovery file in Linux. However, the result is disappointed. Alt...
#2	marco commented on the 13 Mar 2006 U have saved my life. I had lost all my application files under tomcat with de deploy command... no backup ..gulp now I have a 128MB ascii file with my lost files, it's great. U are a GURU, thanx
#1	marco commented on the 13 Mar 2006 U have saved my life. I had lost all my application files under tomcat with de deploy command... no backup ..gulp now I have a 128MB ascii file with my lost files, it's great. U are a GURU, thanx

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