Hello everybody!
In today’s video you’ll see how to recover lost data from a removable hard disk, a USB
pen drive or a memory card
with a Linux file system.
Linux operating
systems are becoming more and more popular, with user numbers growing virtually every
day.
At the moment, the most widespread operatings sytems of this family are Ubuntu, OpenSUSE,
Fedora.
This operating system is widely used mainly because of it’s open-source code, which
means that users are allowed to modify and distribute this code both in commercial and
non-commercial products according to the General Public License.
The distributives include the kernel (Linux’s central element) together with auxiliary libraries
and utilities.
Linux uses various file systems such as Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, XFS and ReiserFS.
Although Linux is a very good operating system, there is no way to exclude data loss entirely.
Files stored in Linux partitions on a removable disk or USB flash drive may be removed or
formatted accidentally, or the disk may become unreadable or fail.
It is no secret that losing important data can be a very painful experience.
To avoid data loss issues, we recommend backing up your files regularly and storing several
copies in different places.
However, few users really understand the importantce of having a regular backup strategy.
Most of the time, people tend to have older backups (if any) when they face problems with
losing important information.
Fortunately, it’s too early to give up, for there are numerous utilities promising
to bring your data back.
In fact, recovery is possible because data is not removed from the hard disk immediately.
It remains there for some time until it gets overwritten with new stuff.
If you’re facing a problem of data loss from Linux volumes with Ext4/3/2 file system,
try Hetman Partition Recovery.
There are lots of data recovery tools you can use, but only some of them can offer support
for Linux file systems.
Hetman Partition Recovery will quickly scan your disk and siaply the available data on
the screen, so you will only have to select the elements you need and recover them.
Here’s an important piece of advice!
After your storage device has been formatted accidentally, or a file was removed by mistake,
don’t write or save any data to such disk, because all your data is available for recovery
only until they are overwritten with some new stuff.
Recovering data from Linux To recover lost data from a removable disk,
you will need a computer running Windows.
Here is what you do to get your data back: First of all, make sure the storage device
is connected to the computer.
Windows doesn’t support Ext 4/3/2 file system, so this disk will be displayed as unknown
and the operating system will suggest formatting it.
Formatting isn’t actually what we need, so hit Cancel.
Our program lets you see the disk contents and restore the lost information.
Step 1: Download and install this program - Hetman Partition Recovery.
Launch the utility and select your disk, USB drive or memory card that you want to restore
data from, either in the drive manager or in the main menu, then right-click on it and
select Open.
Otherwise, just double-click on the disk.
Choose the necessary analysis type in the window that opens.
We recommend running Fast scan for starters: it will take less time, and you’ll see all
the contents of
the disk. If it doesn’t help the program find the
lost data, then go for Full analysis.
When it’s over, the program will display the files and folders it has found in the
right side of the window.
Click on any file to preview it.
Select the files you want to recover and click Recovery.
Specify the path for saving the files and click Recovery.
When the process of saving is complete, you can view the files in the directory which
you selected for recovery.
Although Hetman Partition Recovery is currently unable to work on Linux, it can already recover
your data from any file systems used with this operating system.
It supports Ext 2/3/4, XFS, ReiserFS and other file system types.
Here’s an important thing to keep in mind.
We don’t recommend saving files to the same disk that you are restoring them from.
Doing it may result in erasing some of the data.
Summing up, there is one more thing to remember: the best way to avoid data loss is to back
up your information regularly.
But even if you have no backup to restorte it from, and you’ve made a mistake when
partitioning a hard disk, removed important data accidentally, formatted a hard disk,
USB drive or an SD card, don’t give way to panic yet.
Until you have written some data to that disk space, all the information is still there,
and available for recovery.
Now your most important step is to take immediate action - and choose a good utility to get
your files back.
That is all for now!
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