From: Earnie B. <ea...@us...> - 2007-08-17 12:21:14
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Quoting Hin-Tak Leung <hin...@ya...>: >> >> There are some things I can do to help prevent user error but none of >> this helps the person who reported the bug. I'm just not sure how to >> compose a diplomatic response to the report. >> > > That's unfortunate, really... offer to do some recovery or pay for a > good recovery tool? unlink on most systems doesn't really wipe the file from > disc (just making them unreachable from directory listing and flagging the > space for reuse) so as long as the system hasn't been heavily used since > the disaster, some recovery can be made... but one need to act quick... > That is why we include a disclaimer. I found two we can suggest http://www.r-undelete.com/ or http://www.diskeeper.com/ but I don't know that we should purchase it for the person; especially since we offer no warranty. The tools range from $30 to $70 USD. Earnie |