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From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: corrupted tar.gz archive - I lost my backups :)/:(
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:56 PM, _ <pancakeking79@gmail.com> wrote:

> Before making the move from 7.0 to 8.2, I ran a little script that did a
> backup of selected files
> and folders.
>

I think it's IT tip #2 "You don't have a backup unless it's tested".  #1 is
"Make a backup".

You could try archivers/gzrecover

Good luck,

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Adam Vande More