Recover lost files

caelestis · 2011-01-21 04:07:58

I'm a big idiot and did an rm -R on my home folder while cleaning my system and I forgot I had my entire windows paritition mounted on a folder in my home folder! Now windows won't boot and my documents urgently need to be recovered. I know in windows when you delete something, it stays for a while, is it true for linux's rm command, and can I get my files back?

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Last edited by caelestis (2011-01-21 04:41:53)

Inxsible · 2011-01-21 04:13:52

first off change your subject title and remove the emergency.
second, always have backups, so these kinds of things dont arise.
and finally, look into photorec to recover your files

Stebalien · 2011-01-21 04:47:22

You can also try extundelete and foremost.

stqn · 2011-01-21 11:03:50

My first duckduckgo search returned this:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13706/re … u-live-cd/

Boils down to: man ntfsundelete

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Recover lost files

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