Hi Jean and all, Thanks for the info. The problem I now have is that ntfsundelete seems to be a windoze program and this laptop has no windoze on it (only 'buntu!)
Hmmmm... besides this pst file was about 4Gb from what he told me, so it doesn't look good... On 11/18/2010 09:27 AM, Jean Azzopardi wrote: > Personally I've used ntfsundelete (which is why I recommended it) to > recover deleted files, not formatted. It worked with some, but some > others were irrecoverable. > > That's the risk you'll take when you don't backup unfortunately. In > this day and age ,there is no excuse for not backing up, really. Get a > free dropbox account, and you get 2 gigs of space that you can use. > Easy, and your files are backed up in the cloud, and on any other pcs > you are syncing to. > > Oh, and it works on Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I second ntfsundelete. They didn't have a bootable ISO when I needed it, but >> it worked wonders for a friend of mine. >> You will definately not recover the files which got overwritten by the >> Ubuntu distribution. However if his mail is all in one file, I doubt he will >> manage to recover it without some other utility to repair the PST file. >> >> Good luck indeed >> >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Jean Azzopardi<[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> First of all, he has to stop using the laptop until he finds a way to >>> restore his files, otherwise the data can get overwritten, and it's >>> pretty much kaput from there. (unless you pay a skilled extractor) >>> >>> I've used http://ntfsundelete.com/ (free) to recover deleted files. >>> They provide an ISO image which can be booted from. >>> >>> There are other good solutions, but they might not be free. >>> >>> Second, he really needs to get used to backing up his data. >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Joseph Markham<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> A friend of mine installed 'buntu on his laptop (which contained >>>> Windows) >>>> >>>> He formatted the thing and ended up removing the windows partition: All >>>> he has now is a 50Gb ext3 partition and a lot of empty space... >>>> >>>> Is there any way he can recover his win files, specifically his mail ( >>>> outlook.pst ) file? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Joseph >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> MLUG-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ MLUG-list mailing list [email protected] http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list
