recovering media files from formatted filesystem (ext3)

sinistre · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 29 Location: Norway

I accidentally mixed up my harddrives and performed a quick format on a ext3 partition (10GB). I have a bunch of media files on that partition so I'm wondering if anybody knows about a utility that can recognize media files that are contiguous and extract them. There must be such a utility! I'd program it myself 'cept my programming skills isn't quite capable of such a task.
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delta407 · Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2002 5:46 pm Post subject:

Quick formatting; doesn't that wipe out all the superblocks?

If so, you're pretty much screwed. I'm sure some forensic lab could help you out, but those run about $10K per hour...
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rachaef · Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 12:21 am Post subject:

6.20 Ext2 undelete utilities:
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.20

Should be fully compatible with ext3, but I've never used them and I don't know if they can do something about your situation...you haven't got anything to lose though