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Old 04-07-2005, 05:17 PM   #1
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Red face Newbie deleted some files accidentally


Hi, im a really newbie linux user so this might be stupid but i just deleted some files from my home dir and wanted to know if is there a way to recover my deleted files, something just like windows, some kind of recovery tool or something, please help me out!
 
Old 04-07-2005, 05:46 PM   #2
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The usual answer is no, with most linux filesystems. But, if you're really desperate and know a few details about what it was you deleted, then have a read of http://recover.sourceforge.net/linux.

Cheers,

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Old 04-08-2005, 05:00 PM   #3
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Thanks for the info, but most of my files cant be recovered as they are not text files.
 
  


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