Re: /home/user folder accidentally removed

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rob Owens <rowens@ptd.net> writes:

> On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 03:16:42AM -0700, Fatih Tiryakioglu wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I wanted to remove trash folder, but home folder/home/user is gone. There
>> was only one user. I couldn't start any program. When I restarted computer,
>> I couldn't login. How can I recover system. Please help..
>> 
> As someone else said, don't perform any more writes to the disk.
>
> Boot with a live CD, such as Debian Live, Knoppix, or Ubuntu.  apt-get
> install testdisk.  Then run a program called "photorec".  This may be
> able to find any important files that you deleted.


Hi.

I'm afraid I have the same problem today.

But, when I reboot with the live CD, the damage will get worse, won't it?

Rodolfo