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Disk Repair Tools for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the ext2-is-not-FAT dept.

Sujes asks: "Despite all the hype about how Linux is more stable or better than Windows, it seems ironic that nobody talks about any kind of disk/file repairing tools on Linux. In fact, I can't even restore a file that is accidentally or otherwise lost by a simple rm command. Does anyone know where should I look for these valuable recovery tools, if such things even exist on Linux?"

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  1. Can't undelete by retep · · Score: 3

    Due to the design of ext2fs, and *many* other filesystems, there is no way to undelete a file. In dos the directory entry would be left behind and you *might* be able to undelete your file, *if* the file wasn't fragmented. Just about any other good filesystem such as ext2fs, NTFS, etc. quickly reclaims the space taken up from deleted files for performence and doesn't save the directory entry.

    If you do delete a file you might be able to recover it, but there aren't many ways to automate ext2fs undeletion. For help see the Ext2fs-Undeletion mini-HOWTO.