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Recover a deleted file from a NAS
I have a healthy NAS setup in RAID 1. How can I recover a deleted file from it?
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Ameri: recover my files doesnt detect my NAS, do you know how to go about finding it?
dlethe: I havent written anything new to the NAS, do you think it's still gone for good?
dlethe: I havent written anything new to the NAS, do you think it's still gone for good?
A few questions to get some extra information:
- What type of NAS you have?
- Is it possible to add it to you computer as a usb disk?
- What type of NAS you have?
- Is it possible to add it to you computer as a usb disk?
ASKER
The NAS is a desktop variant, its a Omninas by Shuttle. Modle number KD20.
Yes I can take the hard drives out and attach them to my Win7 system visa USB
Yes I can take the hard drives out and attach them to my Win7 system visa USB
It is a LINUX O/S that uses the XFS file system. So you'll have to create a bootable USB stick with linux and make sure XFS is in the kernel ... then mount it read-only.
If you aren't a UNIX person, then don't even *think* of doing it, and even then you'll need somebody who can do a forensic discovery to find the file or at least chunks of it.
What is the filetype? PDF, text, executable, .SQL ? The filetype and size is vital.
If you aren't a UNIX person, then don't even *think* of doing it, and even then you'll need somebody who can do a forensic discovery to find the file or at least chunks of it.
What is the filetype? PDF, text, executable, .SQL ? The filetype and size is vital.
ASKER
Wow sounds like i'm in bad shape.
Its a Symantec System Recovery file: .v2i
Its a Symantec System Recovery file: .v2i
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P.S. you HAVE written to the NAS. The system is running an O/S, at least a dozen jobs are running in the background doing housekeeping and generating log files.
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Thank you guys for your input!
That file was just some personal pictures, while it sucks, its not that important.
That file was just some personal pictures, while it sucks, its not that important.
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/
This would be if I deleted a file off my computer and then wanted it back.
Make sure you do this as soon as possible because deleting a file will allow that space to be reallocated. Once that happens it is hard to recover.