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Re: recover files

To: Luca Marinucci <lmarinucci@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: recover files
From: Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:46:25 -0700
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On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 11:38:31PM +0200, Luca Marinucci wrote:

> I made a big mistake when I wanted to remove a partition.
> unfortunately I reformatted my xfs-home partition with ext2.

ouch

> I found various articles and howtos on the net, but they are all
> related to ext2. what can I do retrieve my files back with xfs?

restore from backup.  if you have none the you could try and scan for
the data heuristically and hope for the best

what kind of files where these?


  --cw


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