Re: /home/user folder accidentally removed
Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> writes:
> On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 03:16:42AM -0700, Fatih Tiryakioglu wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I wanted to remove trash folder, but home folder/home/user is gone. There
>> was only one user. I couldn't start any program. When I restarted computer,
>> I couldn't login. How can I recover system. Please help..
>>
> As someone else said, don't perform any more writes to the disk.
>
> Boot with a live CD, such as Debian Live, Knoppix, or Ubuntu. apt-get
> install testdisk. Then run a program called "photorec". This may be
> able to find any important files that you deleted.
Hi.
I'm afraid I have the same problem today.
But, when I reboot with the live CD, the damage will get worse, won't it?
The partition with the deleted files is hda6, but I have access also to hda8.
What about copying photorec executable there? It should not interfere with
hda6?
Rodolfo
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