Linux based disk recovery tool

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darrylmg replied

21 October 2013, 20:09
I've not had to use one on Linux before.

Is it definitely 1 disk partition on there?
Does "fdisk" show anything to indicate multiple disk partitions?
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Pondlife replied

20 October 2013, 09:03
Originally posted by darrylmg View Post

Xfs is journal'd so the risk of corruption should be lower than some other FS.
Might be a silly question but you didnt rm any files?
You might need to look for an undelete tool instead of a corruption repair tool...

"I" didn't rm anything. It's showing some of the folders but no files. xfs_repair gives a message about a bad superblock but can't find a secondary one.

Any undelete for xfs you'd recommend?

Ta
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darrylmg replied

20 October 2013, 07:48
Xfs is journal'd so the risk of corruption should be lower than some other FS.
Might be a silly question but you didnt rm any files?
You might need to look for an undelete tool instead of a corruption repair tool...
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petergriffin replied

16 October 2013, 13:20
The one and only:
SystemRescueCd
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stek replied

16 October 2013, 12:52
Try mounting it on another Linux system and use debugfs though I have to say, I've never had much luck recovering stuff from Unix filesystems....
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Pondlife replied

16 October 2013, 12:48
Nope. Single drive only.
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stek replied

16 October 2013, 12:47
Originally posted by Pondlife View Post

Old NAS based HD is showing folders but no files and I'd like to get the data back.

Took it out of its chassis, put it in a PC and booted with an Ubuntu CD.

xfs_repair isn't doing anything, so does anyone know of an alternative for recovering data from an xfs drive?

Ta

Pondy

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Pondlife started a topic Linux based disk recovery tool

16 October 2013, 12:44
Linux based disk recovery tool

Old NAS based HD is showing folders but no files and I'd like to get the data back.

Took it out of its chassis, put it in a PC and booted with an Ubuntu CD.

xfs_repair isn't doing anything, so does anyone know of an alternative for recovering data from an xfs drive?

Ta

Pondy
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