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[bingcrosby]

Hey guys,

I have a dual boot with ubuntu 10.04 (ext4) and ubuntu 9.04 (ext3).

On 10.04 I accidentally deleted a whole bunch of files with the rm command. I installed extundelete in 9.04 which can undelete from ext4 file systems. However, I can't access my 10.04 home directory in 9.04, as /media/disk/home/asdf is empty except for two files README.txt and Access-Your-Private-Data.desktop. I didn't delete all of it for sure.

Does anyone know how to make my 10.04 home directory visible in 9.04 so I can undelete?

Cheers!

[gzarkadas]

The docs say that your encrypted private directory is in ~/.Private. Activate the view of hidden files (select item `Show Hidden files' from the menu `View' in a nautilus window) and then cd to your home directory.

NB: The link has also information on how to mount the encrypted filesystem in case of emergencies; like the one you are now in.

Now if it happened that you did rm-ed your entire enctrypted fs, then use your undelete on the (now empty) home folder.

[bingcrosby]

Thanks.

I have managed to view my encrypted home folder on a a live cd, and it is not all deleted. However, my undelete tool extundelete, fails to see anything in that folder. Anyone else got alternative ext4 undelete tools that might work?

[gzarkadas]

See the tools mentioned in this post.