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Psychologist Consoles Data Loss Victims

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-gonna-come-out-on-the-ledge-with-you-ok dept.

(ok.whatever) writes "A former suicide prevention counselor is employed full-time by a data recovery firm to console its callers. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: 'When the company receives a call from someone who's clearly lost it -- which can happen several times an hour -- Chessin comes on the line to help the caller rediscover their happy place.' Good grief!"

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  1. ext2fs - e2extract to the rescue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ok, so say someone rm's your box or something, and you lose all your files. Unless they were *wiped*, you better get yourself over to http://dreamscape.org/toolkit/ and figure out how to use stat_inodes, parse_directory_inode, and finally the recovery tool 'e2extract' once you have compiled a map.

    I lost 8 years of work and brought it back from the abyss.

    Relax, everything is going to be OK.