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Subject: Re: Data recovery
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Jean-Paul Natola wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm throwing this out to this list because our SNAP drive has a *nix kernel-
> One of the folders mysteriously lost a large portion of its data today,
>
> I immediately powered down the unit as to prevent further writing to the
> disks (raid 5)-
>
> Is there any tool or utlity you can recommend to try to get this data back?
>
> If memory server  *nix does not erase the data , it merely marks as empty
> space that can be written to , I think I remember that from school
>
> Any and all help is GREATLY appreciated
>
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> thanks
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> jp
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fsdb might be what your looking for, though I can't be certain as this 
has never happened to me.

~Paul