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Re: [LI] Recover from faulty floppy disk >> IF EXT2 <<



Can you tell me the procedure to recover the EXT2 filesystem?

Thanks
Love and regards
Prasad

-----Original Message-----
From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 22, 1999 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] Recover from faulty floppy disk >> IF EXT2 <<


>Hi
>
>If its a EXT2 filesystem on the floppy, then you have a very good chance of
>recovering most of the files. (Most probably even after running fsck on it,
>unless You have already written any NEW FILES into the floppy).
>
>Check out the Undelete HOWTO. Even thou its bit old and the Ext2 logic has
>changed a bit (actually the new logic doesn't zero the bitmap of storage
info,
>THUS GIVING A BETTER CHANCE OF RECOVERY).
>
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a method to recover damage file from a floppy disk?
>>
>
>----
>Keep :-)
>HanishKVC
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