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zOro@debian
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recover deleted files and directories

#1 Post by zOro@debian »

hello geeks im having a very bad issue with my hdd im using debian stretch 9.3 stable and today i wanted to install lutris ( a gaming platform for Linux ) then i installed fortnite through it but the download didn't completed so i entered the lutris interface then select delete the game after the process completed i entered my 375gb ntfs partition which was fortnite and my whole data in it and find out that all of the data had gone but the partition still there empty so i think lutris deleted my partition data when i deleted the game so is it possible to recover all of my iso images,vm's,movies,photos,etc?! please help me its really important data

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#2 Post by bw123 »

Haven't used ntfs much lately but open a terminal and type this:

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man ntfsundelete
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#3 Post by GarryRicketson »

please help me its really important data
Why not restore from the back up you made, I am sure if the data is all that important you have been making backups ?

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#4 Post by None1975 »

GarryRicketson wrote:Why not restore from the back up you made, I am sure if the data is all that important you have been making backups ?
It may be that he has not backed up.
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#6 Post by Segfault »

None1975 wrote:
GarryRicketson wrote:Why not restore from the back up you made, I am sure if the data is all that important you have been making backups ?
It may be that he has not backed up.
How come. Any hard drive can die any time. If there is important data then there are backups.

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#7 Post by zOro@debian »

bw123 wrote:Haven't used ntfs much lately but open a terminal and type this:

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man ntfsundelete
read.
thx for your help i recovered almost 93% of the data with testdisk but you helped me alot with your method thx

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#8 Post by zOro@debian »

thank you so much for your help i really appreciate it i recovered almost 93% of the data with your method thx

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