Data Recovery Options
This documentation is informational not policy.
The purpose of this
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Data recovery documentation will be updated as tools are identified and tested.
Platform: Ubuntu Linux 12.04
Software Tools: TestDisk link to direct you to a step by step guide for data recovery .
Hardware Tools: USB hard drive adapter or hard drive docking station
This document has 2 parts Preparation & Action
PREPARATION has 3 steps
**Both tools are run from the terminal (command prompt) in Linux**
Prep Step 1
Prep Step 2
**Important step before running ANY data recovery procedure is to assess hard drive functionality**
Before plugging hard drive in, open separate terminal windows and type
tail --f /var/log/syslog press enter.
The below window list information about existing drives attached to system
Prep Step 3
After plugging in the problematic hard drive- the tail --f command used in previous step allows you to see the status of the drive real time as the system tries to identify the hard drive.
**Note**
- The first highlighted section states 'New USB device found'. That's a good sign.
Device unrecognized or device not found or something to that effect is bad sign and tends to mean no data can be recovered. - The second highlighted section provides hard drive vendor information.
- The third highlighted section provides more information regarding the drive
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- To navigate to destination location, Syntax is: cd /media/SeagateBK press enter.
- To run TestDisk, Syntax is: sudo testdisk press enter.
- Enter the admin password associated with sudo account you're using and press enter.
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Step 10
Once inside the Documents folder, press 'a' on the keyboard to select all files.
*NOTE* The other options are 'C' to copy selected file and 'c' to select current file if you are only recovery 1 file.
Step 11
All files will be highlighted in green. Now press 'C' to copy all these files.
*NOTE* The copy options are 'C' to copy selected file and 'c' to select current file if you are only recovery 1 file.
Step 12
Now we need to navigate to destination to copy data that is to be recovered.
Make note of the current directory. We need to get to /media/SeagateBK, SeagateBK being the name of my external hard drive. We need to go backwards in the directory tree. We do that be selecting the line with the '..' as displayed in the image below and press enter.
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