Hi
Have deleted accidentally (slow brain!) a couple of folders with files that were on a USB. Dont shown the laptop 'trash' .Is there anywhere that they may have been held on the laptop? Terminal command to locate ?
Thanks
Charles Harris
LM17 Deleted folder on USB
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LM17 Deleted folder on USB
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Re: LM17 Deleted folder on USB
1) Plug that USB in, then look at the Trash.sswcharlie wrote: ⤴Sat Dec 04, 2021 2:16 am Hi
Have deleted accidentally (slow brain!) a couple of folders with files that were on a USB. Dont shown the laptop 'trash' .Is there anywhere that they may have been held on the laptop? Terminal command to locate ?
Thanks
Charles Harris
2) If it isn't there in Trash, DO NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THAT USB -- leaving it undisturbed (never writing data into it) increases the chances of data recovery.
3) Unmount all partitions (DONT eject) on that USB, the clone it into a disk image (Create Disk Image using Disks or
sudo dd if=/dev/sdX of=/path/to/img/file bs=4M status=progress && sync).Use tools like photorec to try to recover the data (use this on a copy of the disk image).