[Eug-lug] ext3 file recovery

[Hal Pomeranz]

> Overwrote by installing new distro and formatting partitions. I
> didn't go about recreating all my settings and getting things
> going once I realized my backup wasn't completed.

Mmmm, then you definitely lost some data blocks to the files installed
by the new distro.  Did you keep the old partition table, or did you
create a new layout?  If you changed the file system boundaries,
that'll make things somewhat harder.

> Either looking for a bootable CD solution or something to run
> from another system with the drive attached. I'm not using the
> drive until I exhaust the free solutions first. 

The Helix live CD (http://www.e-fense.com/helix/) contains the tools
I mentioned in my previous email and others besides.

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Hal Pomeranz, Founder/CEO      Deer Run Associates      hal at deer-run.com
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