On Sun, 2005-10-02 at 08:45 +0100, Deepak Shrestha wrote: > Hi, > > I accidentally deleted some important files in my > linux box (using rm -f option). Is there a way to > recover those files? The deleted files were in > different partition "fat32". I could have recovered > the files from windows if I was using duel boot but > unfortunately I am using linux only (FC4 with some > fat32 partition mounted) so I need linux tool to > recover deleted files. > > Any suggestion most welcome > > > > > > ________ > ___ __ \_____ _____ > __ / / /_ _ \_ _ \ > _ /_/ / / __// __/ > /_____/ \___/ \___/ > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > The best suggestion I can think of, since the filesystem is vfat, would be to download and burn a copy of bartPE, which is a windows based LiveCD. Depending on the version you download, there should be a file recovery program included. If you are not running Windows, I would suggest you convert the "fat32" partition to ext3/2. Fat32 is a windows partition and linux utilities that might undelete a file are pretty much non - existant, Not to mention shortcomings in fat32 like lack of security attributes for files/directories, limit on partition size, limit on file size, etc. HTH Micheal
