On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Regis Matejcik <rm@crescentconstruction.com> wrote:

I'm using Suse 11.0. (reiserfs file system) I stupidly deleted an important directory and it's backup. I used "reiserfsck --rebuild-tree" to try to recover the directory and files. It succeeded in recovering many files and storing them in a "lost and found" file. Most of the .pdf and .mp3 files were rebuilt in tact, but thousands of files are simply unidentifiable binary files. I'm guessing they're mostly Open Office documents since that was the majority of what was lost.

I also tried Reiserfs File Recovery 1.0 which proved to be of little help.

Any hints on anything that might either unscramble the files from reiserfsck, or do a better job of recovering files?

Thanks,

Regis Regis,

The first thing you need to do is preserve a copy of the filesystem. Then you can figure out how to recover from there. You will need a drive with enough freespace to hold a full copy of the problem filesystem. Then do: dd if=/dev/sdaN of=<image_file> conv=noerror,sync Once you have the image_file, hopefully you can find a tool to recover your files with. If you happen to be in Europe you might be able to find someone that has a copy of X-Ways Forensics. ($1200). XWF can recover deleted files from ReiserFS. Not sure what free tools can do that. XWF is also used in the US, but it is no where near as popular as in Europe. In particular, XWF is a German company. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org