Hi,
i deleted two virtual machines which were created with kvm. I used the "raw"-format to store the virtual machines. Now they are gone. The raw format is just an image of the disk. More information here: http://www.inett.de/wiki/KVM_Images_mounten . Does photorec recognizes this format ? I think that the raw-format is the same as images from harddisks created with dd. If photorec does not know this format, is there a possibility that it can "learn" it ?
Thanks for any information.
Bernd
recover of raw files from a kvm virtual machine
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Re: recover of raw files from a kvm virtual machine
PhotoRec can recover images using the qcow and qcow2 file formats.
You can use a custom signature in .photorec.sig to search for the raw files
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Add_your ... o_PhotoRec
You can use a custom signature in .photorec.sig to search for the raw files
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raw 510 0x55 0xAA