On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 05:37:34PM -0700, jaymax wrote: > > I seemed to have lost some critical dump files during a restore. The > directory in which they were backed up in seemed to vaporize. The data was > present as indicated by df -h but the directory was not listed. > fsck on the disk was ineffective > fsck_ffs produced an extensive listing of bad block, a final SALVAGE option, > but on completion, the disk "capacity" from the df -h was significantly > reduced. > > Is there anyway of recovering even 'partial' data from these lost blocks? > The drive has been disconnected so that there would be no 'write' > activities?
Check the disk with smartctl(8) from the sysutils/smartmontools port to check that this isn't a hardware malfunction. If it is a hardware malfunction, the disk is dying and should be replaced ASAP. If the hardware is OK, try fls from sysutils/sleuthkit. As long as the data isn't overwritten, it should still be there. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725)
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