recover deleted files??????

[kris66]

Was using the clipboard feature in an effort to move a set of web pages between directories. When attempting to paste, an error message appeared.... then all the files disappeared from my original directory.

I can still see all the file names on the clipboard, but they won't paste back anywhere....... is there any way to recover these, or am I doomed?

Help!

 

[nobaloney]

Only your hosting provider can tell you what's in your directories. You should contact their support department.

Jeff

 

[kris66]

thanks - files were gone forever, but I found an alternate solution for recovery on my local system.

-Kris

 

[kathe]

First, don't wirte anything to the place that you have put the lost files on. I recommend you use file recover tool EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard to try. Use "Deleted Recovery" or "Advanced Recovery" to search your files. It has demo version to try.

 

[nobaloney]

First, don't wirte anything to the place that you have put the lost files on.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. In a linux system the entire partition (and in BSD the entire slice) is one filesystem. The directories are just convenient special files used to keep track of your files.

And linux/unix are very efficient at using and reusing space. So the only thing I'm thinking of is if you accidentally delete something don't write to anywhere on the /home partition (if you're lucky enough to be using a provider who has a separate /home partition) and make sure no-one else does, either.

Which in a multi-user shared hosting environment is somewhere between impossible and incredibly impossible.

Jeff