On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 18:48 -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > 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. > > Good suggestion, however (from the website)... > > Requirements to build: > > 1. The files from your Windows Installation CD-Rom. > Supported Windows versions are: > * Windows XP Home Edition (must be slip streamed with Service > Pack 1 or higher) > * Windows XP Professional (must be slip streamed with Service > Pack 1 or higher) > * Windows Server 2003, Web Edition > * Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition > * Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition > 2. PE Builder runs on Windows 2000/XP/2003/BartPE systems. > 3. CD/DVD writer if you want to creat a bootable CD/DVD. > I sit corrected. It was late, and the hamster in my brain was needing a nap. I said burn a copy of bartPE; what I should have said is burn a copy of a pre-built bartPE rescue CD. There is a pretty good one at http://ubcd4win.com/. There are other examples out there if you want to google. I have not used the ubcd4win personally, but the windows admins I know give it high marks. I apologize again, however, I should have been more clear. > > If he had one of these Windows versions running, he could use that to > (try to) recover. But... > > > > > 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. > > I am not aware of any way to "convert" a VFAT to ext3 short of > tar (or cpio, or etc.) everything up onto another medium, > reformatting, and then untar (etc.) to get the data back. Do > you? It might be a useful tool. By far, the best method is what you mentioned. That way you always have a backup of your data. While I think that Partition Magic might be able to directly convert file systems, if you were smart you would do a complete backup anyway. > > Mike > -- > p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} > This message made from 100% recycled bits. > You have found the bank of Larn. > I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. > I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! > Micheal
