On Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 4:54 PM John R. Sowden <[email protected]> wrote:
> I thought I was copying important directories to a "buffer" directory to > copy to a cd. but I found that there were too many files, and I was > using a CD-RW. I deleted te buffer directory and found that I had > transfered those directories to the buffer directory and now I have > delete all my "important files" > > my hope is since I am using a journal file system, I can undo this, but > I cans find the solution > > help? > > john > I hope others will help you with ways to recover your files, but I want to advise you first of all to stop using the hard drive you deleted them from immediately - the more you continue to use it, the more the system will overwrite the space that those files formerly occupied. Unfortunately, I don't think a journaling file system is any more likely to offer easy recovery. > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users >
-- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
