Filed under: Utilities, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, Troubleshooting
Undelete files on Linux with GIIS
by Ian Dumych Dec 28th 2007 at 8:00AM
Imagine you just finished writing an important document with your favorite word processor. You hit save, and turn in for the night, satisfied that everything is fine. Unbeknownst to you, something happens as you slumber. Maybe it's a wayward nephew, maybe it's your cat, but at some point, something or someone deleted your precious file. What do you do?Rest easy, friend, and take a look at this. Although the author of this app doesn't seem to know how to run SpellCheck, Get It I Say (GIIS) is an invaluable data recovery tool. All you need is a Linux based system and a hard disk partition that uses EXT2 or EXT3.
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Hugo said 8:54AM on 12-28-2007
really cool!
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DG10050 said 8:50AM on 12-28-2007
This looks like a nice tool to have. Looks like it can't repair a `rm -rf /` though. :P (Btw, I really like all of the recent linux-based articles. They've been a nice break from all of the Windows articles that are usually on here.)
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