retrieving deleted files from ext3 partitions : ext3grep
ext3grep seems to be one awesome of a creation . It was a result of, what drives most work in this world, ' a personal itch ' . The description and details given by the creator Carlo Wood are too great for me to provide a new definition over here , so take a look at the HOWTO here, http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlo17/howto/undelete_ext3.html , the page has a really good explanation of how ext3 works and how actually ext3grep retrieves the files . You can have a look at the various releases of the utility //code.google.com/p/ext3grep/downloads/list and one can download the latest release from http://ext3grep.googlecode.com/files/ext3grep-0.5.0.tar.gz i bet it is one thing every linux user should have at hand , because as Carlo says , it happens to everyone sooner or later . The utility still need s a lot of testing and improving i guess, so joining the mailing lists would be a great idea .