*********** DBTECNO PRESENTS *************** ext3birra - an useless ext3 partition file recover INSTALLATION tar xjvf ext3birra-x.x.x.tar.bz2 cd ext3birra ./configure make && make install USAGE sync (useful for write unwritten blocks and syncronize superblock) ext3birra [device] [output diretory] EXAMPLE sync ext3birra /dev/sda5 /media/disk/recover/ NOTES - program was written in 5 days starting from a ZERO ext3 knowledge, probably is full of crap. - please be careful choosing output dir. The best would be a directory on another (virtual) device, because your lost data could be overwritten by output files - ext3birra can recover ONLY recently deleted file... even 1 day later, could be "too much" - ext3birra CANNOT recover files in directories deleted too (i expect someone would give me an advice to recover deleter directories content... since i didn't find any info in journal) TIPS - in italian.. "birra = beer" - check for latest update on www.dbtecno.it/ext3birra/ PROBLEMS - If configure gives error messages, ensure you got a minimal environment for compiling... Example: Ubuntu users could use the command sudo apt-get install build-essential - If you couldn't find trash can/recycle bin content... try to check in [output dir]/$HOMEDIR/.local/share/Trash/files/ example. /media/disk/rescue/home/dvdn/.local/share/Trash/files/ INFOS: info@dbtecno.it DOWNLOADS v.0.0.1 - May 20 2008 - ext3birra-0.0.1.tar.bz2 v.0.0.2 - May 25 2008 - ext3birra-0.0.2.tar.bz2 v.0.0.3 - May 30 2008 - ext3birra-0.0.3.tar.bz2 THANKS TO Cunili, Nacci, Stramazzone, Stefano Russo, Marco Augello, Tom Araya and Kerry King