Re: Emergence: recover deleted files

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

Rodolfo Medina wrote at 2010-09-05 05:55 -0500:

>> By mistake, I deleted most files from my sister's home directory via rysnc
>> and ethernet cable.  Please suggest any way to possibly recover at least
>> some of them.


green <greenfreedom10@gmail.com> writes:

> First, make sure you do not make any writes to the filesystem which contains 
> /home.  Then proceed with recovery attempts.


Angus Hedger <demidevil@gmail.com> writes:

> I would pull the drive out of the system and put it in your machine (if
> doable, eg its not a laptop) and use photorec [1] to recover what you
> can.
>
> If you cant, use a livecd for example sysresccd [2] (can be used from a
> CD or USB stick) and use photorec from that.


The deleted files are from partition hda6: is it all right if I run photorec
from partition hda8 and store there the recovered files, _without_ performing
_any_ writes in hda6?

Thanks!
Rodolfo