We've shown you simple ways to recover accidentally deleted files, even a simple method that can be done from an Ubuntu Live CD, but for hard disks that have been heavily corrupted, those methods ...

Understanding Linux File System Before delving into the intricacies of backup and restore strategies, it's vital to understand the Linux file system. Linux supports several file systems such as ext4, ...

SystemRescueCd is a Linux distro designed for data recovery, bundling a slew of open source tools for inspecting and repairing disks and rescuing files from Linux and Windows systems.

* Create a recovery directory (put this on USB, instead, if you have one) $ sudo mkdir /root/recovery * Search the drive for files! $ sudo foremost -v -i /dev/hda -o /root/recovery * Maybe you just ...

Btrfs hands-on: Exploring the error recovery features of the new Linux file system Making things right when something goes wrong, and a summary of what I have seen and done in this series.

$ sudo file -sL /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1: Linux rev 1.0 ext4 file system data, UUID=417d867b-270d-4ceb-a3e1-58b9a5f5c4c4 (needs journal recovery) (extents) (64bit) (large files) (huge files) File ...

ESET has discovered a Linux variant of the KillDisk component that renders Linux machines unbootable, while encrypting files and requesting a large ransom at the same time.