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I am running with ubuntu 18.04.2 I managed to delete an entire drive with this command: mnt/05b9fa40-ab8f-4bca-a003-e813169d7e41$ sudo rm -r 05b9fa40-ab8f-4bca-a003-e813169d7e41 (I deleted EVERYTHING!)

Since I used the rm command I assumed that I had just deleted the files on the drive. Apparently I did a bit more.

I started testdisk and got to advanced and ran into a problem. I have posted a picture of it. The problem is that it only seems to see my backups from my main drive! (there is no undelete option). There was a lot more stuff on that drive that the backups. IMy options were actually:
[ Type ] >[Superblock] [ List ] [Image Creation] [ Quit ] superblock was highlighted.
I stopped here as I couldn't find any example of this so I am in mysterious territory.

I did have a bunch of backup files on this drive but there was a LOT more than that so, now, I have absolutely no idea of what I actually did.

This is the command I used : mnt/05b9fa40-ab8f-4bca-a003-e813169d7e41$ sudo rm -r 05b9fa40-ab8f-4bca-a003-e813169d7e41 (I deleted EVERYTHING! - I know, not the brightest idea I have had)

What I need to know is what I did and how to get it back.

Thank you..............

Try to recover your files using photorec 7.1. Be careful to store the recovered files on another partition than the source.

Thank you for the reply...

Running with ubuntu 18.04.2

First - you recommended version 7.1 I just tried to update with another installation and still got version 7.0
I downloaded 7.1 but can't figure out what to do with the extracted folder as there are no instructions (no directions. See a makefile but.....).

I tried photorec and failed I recorded the basic sequence in photorec and put it on pastbin at: https://pastebin.com/1YsCkqmt
The problem is that photorec doesn't actually deal with the drive that holds the files /dev/sdc/ but goes to my home directory in /dev/sda/
This happens irregardless of my choices (noted in the pastebin file).

Just to make sure. My problem was caused when I went to the drive and did: sudo rm -r 05b9fa40-ab8f-4bca-a003-e813169d7e41 (I deleted EVERYTHING!)

I am beginning to think I REALLY screwed myself! Perhaps I am running photorec wrong?

Thoughts?

jgw0 wrote: ↑10 Jul 2019, 21:12 Thank you for the reply...

Running with ubuntu 18.04.2

First - you recommended version 7.1 I just tried to update with another installation and still got version 7.0
I downloaded 7.1 but can't figure out what to do with the extracted folder as there are no instructions (no directions. See a makefile but.....).

Two ways of installation are covered in the manual (refers to photorec as well):
https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf

I tried photorec and failed I recorded the basic sequence in photorec and put it on pastbin at: https://pastebin.com/1YsCkqmt
The problem is that photorec doesn't actually deal with the drive that holds the files /dev/sdc/ but goes to my home directory in /dev/sda/
This happens irregardless of my choices (noted in the pastebin file).

Please read the manual and/or the multilingual examples:
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec_Step_By_Step

Is English your native language?

Yes

Please select a destination to save the recovered files.
Do not choose to write the files to the same partition they were stored on.
Keys: Arrow keys to select another directory
C when the destination is correct
Q to quit
Directory /home/greg

What is it that you cannot understand when you arrive here?
Please explain!