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how do i undelete a shared folder on an external Fantom Drive. It has a Linux based OS. I accidently deleted over 700MB of my data. The drive is only GB Eth so I cannot attach directly to my Mac/PC
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Yup another good tool will be GetDataBack NTFS (or FAT) but again you will need to blow up your network drive to get physical access to the disk, which is not a good idea to start with.
Ignore my previous post since you talk about a linux filesystem sorry
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It is the 1 TB model. 2 internal 500GB drives formatted in EXT2 @ 1TB.
Product Name Geforce NAS
Firmware Version 2.6.3a-n
Product Vendor Fantom Drives
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Also, please note. I am trying to access this drive from my MAC or WinXP machines. I do NOT have a Linux box and am not that familar with Linux. The Fantom Drive uses Linux for its Web UI. Thx everyone!
As all the previous posts statet, it is not going to be likely that you can recover.
Your data being on a striped disk set in a nas doesn't make it easyer.
You will have to attach the drives to a pc that can run the above mentioned tools and hope that the data is stil recoverable.
A small tip for when this is over.
From what you tell me I conclude that you have 2 500Mb drives in a raid0 configuration, also known as a stripe set.
If you put 2 drives in a stripe set you get a lot of space but no redundancy, if in one drive in a stripe set fails, all your data will be gone.
You might want to consider putting them in a raid1(mirror) configuration for redundancy. This costs space but gives you the extra data security.
In a mirror your data is still there for you when one drive fails.
and a very importent side note : changing raid configuration destroys data, so backup first.
Your data being on a striped disk set in a nas doesn't make it easyer.
You will have to attach the drives to a pc that can run the above mentioned tools and hope that the data is stil recoverable.
A small tip for when this is over.
From what you tell me I conclude that you have 2 500Mb drives in a raid0 configuration, also known as a stripe set.
If you put 2 drives in a stripe set you get a lot of space but no redundancy, if in one drive in a stripe set fails, all your data will be gone.
You might want to consider putting them in a raid1(mirror) configuration for redundancy. This costs space but gives you the extra data security.
In a mirror your data is still there for you when one drive fails.
and a very importent side note : changing raid configuration destroys data, so backup first.
BTW, wow what a drive :) tought only LaCie made such damn great drives like that.
Also, a (sad) comment : If you used a mirror you'd only have 500gb total, but those 500gb would have been secured...
im' looking at something you could try to recover your data,
brb :)
-kaddict
Also, a (sad) comment : If you used a mirror you'd only have 500gb total, but those 500gb would have been secured...
im' looking at something you could try to recover your data,
brb :)
-kaddict
lol tjilp looks like we share an exactly same point of view on that situation :)
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I just read the post again and see you've not much experience with Linux and want to retrieve it from a Windows machine.
What I can imagine is that the procedure would be the same. First, get a RAW dump of the block device. On Windows, you can do this (for the whole drive) with WinHex for example (this has native ext2 and ext3 support). Please note that this software is not for the faint of heart. It edits directly into RAM or on the disk, make sure you know what you're doing. It can be found here: http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/
Via the menu Tools -> Open disk, you can open a drive or start recovery procedures, perhaps it is a good idea to clone the drive first to make sure you dont loose anything.
Goodluck!
What I can imagine is that the procedure would be the same. First, get a RAW dump of the block device. On Windows, you can do this (for the whole drive) with WinHex for example (this has native ext2 and ext3 support). Please note that this software is not for the faint of heart. It edits directly into RAM or on the disk, make sure you know what you're doing. It can be found here: http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/
Via the menu Tools -> Open disk, you can open a drive or start recovery procedures, perhaps it is a good idea to clone the drive first to make sure you dont loose anything.
Goodluck!
In order to help u though, you need to post the Exact model and firmware version of your drive please post that information and we'll take a look
thanks,
-kaddict