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#1 2014-09-13 22:52:52
- Chris Cromer
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Recover ext4 files
Well, I just did something real stupid. I mistakenly ran mkfs.ext4 on a partition. I realized exactly what I did and have unmounted the partition so that nothing gets written to it. Is there any way to recover those files. I don't have a backup as I was not planning on formatting that specific partition, so hopefully there is someway to restore the files.
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#2 2014-09-14 03:11:51
- davidm
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Re: Recover ext4 files
Testdisk/photorec may be of some help.
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#3 2014-09-14 19:20:01
- karol
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Re: Recover ext4 files
Have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/File_recovery , maybe there's something that can help you.
don't have a backup as I was not planning on formatting that specific partition
It doesn't work like this. If you don't buy an insurance because you didn't plan on getting sick or having a fire in your house, you're in trouble.
You back up stuff that's important, files you don't want to lose.
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