April 05 2011

Incorrect Application of dd Command May Cause Data loss in Linux

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In Linux computers, dd (data definition) command-line utility offers several advantages such as converting raw data or low-level copying of data from hard drive to any other storage media. The command is used to copy the file system and is capable of copying specified number of data blocks or bytes. Furthermore, this tool allows you to copy data blocks rearwards, so that in case of any problem in block at some point, data that is stored after and before string would be copied. But incorrect use of parameters in this command may lead to serious data loss situations and need Linux Data Recovery to be sorted out.

This is a useful command-line tool in Linux that helps you to carry out quick and easy recovery in case of any damage to your system and data loss. This command enables you to create image of even entire Linux volume and restore it in case of any damage. On new hard drive, target partition is created having same size and structure as of the failed one. Then this utility is used for copying data from source drive.

Although, the process of this command it quite safe and easy, but a minor mistake during operation might cause disastrous situations. Performing low-level operations on hard drive, if the ‘of’ and ‘if’ parameters are get reversed accidentally. This behavior of Linux operating system renders all of your valuable data inaccessible and cause data loss. At this point, you need to perform Linux Recovery by resolving it to access your valuable data.

You much also consider the block size that has to be copied. The cont=noerror, synchronization option that is used to copy data and files, ignores remainder of block and then replaces it with zero bytes. Thus if block size is large, complete Data Recovery Linux could not be guaranteed.

In such situations, you need to methodically scan the entire hard drive using powerful and advanced scanning algorithms. This is best possible using efficient and highly automated third-party Linux Data Recovery software.

The applications come equipped with simple and self-descriptive user interface and thus let you carry out recovery on your own, without demanding sound and prior technical skills. They are built-with read-only and non-destructive conduct and thus do not alter original data on the drive.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery is the most effective solution for all your data loss problems. The tool recovers data from all Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 hard drive volumes. It works well with all major distributions of Linux operating systems including Fedora, Red Hat, Debian, SUSE and Ubuntu.

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April 01 2011

How to Perform Ext4 File Recovery in Linux

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The Ext4 (Fourth Extended File System) is an advanced journaling file system, developed for Linux operating system. It is successor of Ext3 file system. Ext4 has removed the 64-bit limits of Ext3 file system as it was developed as series of the backward compatible extensions. It has great stability and performance features, which make it more powerful than earlier file system of Linux operating system.

The journaling feature of Ext4 file system prevents file loss and need of Linux Data Recovery solutions, in case of system crash and unexpected system shutdown.

Under some circumstances, you may lose your valuable files from the Ext4 file system volume due to numerous reasons. The reason could be anything like-

• Accidental deletion of the important files.

• Formatting of Ext4 file system volumes unintentionally or intentionally.

• File system corruption.

• Virus infection or damage caused by other malicious programs.

In such cases, you must have an absolute backup of your valuable files. However, if the backup is not available, you face serious file loss situations and need Data Recovery Linux to work around the problem.

Recover Lost Linux Files Using Extundelete Utility

The extundelete is a command-line utility in Linux operating system, which helps you to recover lost or deleted files from Ext4 file system volumes. This utility uses the significant information stored in journal of Linux hard drive volume for retrieving the lost or deleted files. It works only on the Ext4 and Ext3 file system volumes.

This command-line tool is capable of recovering both the file names and contents of the deleted files. It is able to retrieve a deleted file just after parsing journal file. The utility is developed to perform in a fast way when you have to recover the files from large Ext4 file system volumes.

Although, extundelete utility works pretty effectively in various file loss situations, but it cannot handle situations like file system corruption and hard drive formatting. At this point, Ext4 Recovery software come for your help.

These are powerful and advanced third-party tools, which carry out in-depth scan of entire hard drive and extract all lost, missing, and inaccessible data from it. They perform quick, easy, and safe Linux Recovery in all data loss situations, with interactive user interface and read-only behavior.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery software recovers lost Linux files from hard drive, USB drive, and network mapped volumes. It supports recovery from Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT32, FAT16, and FAT12 file system volumes. The software works well with all major distributions of Linux operating system, including Red Hat, SUSE, Debian, Mandriva, and Ubuntu.

July 29 2010

Bad Block At Beginning Of Inode Table May Cause Data Loss In Linux

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Are you unable to mount your Linux hard drive volume? Are you facing superblock, inode, or file system corruption like error messages while booting your Linux system? Such situations are caused by corruption of Linux hard drive metadata structures. This behavior of Linux operating system renders all your significant data inaccessible and leads to significant data loss. In order to get your mission-critical data recovered, you should opt for Linux Data Recovery solutions through reliable tools.

In a practical scenario, you may encounter the below error messages after copying your data through ddrescue command-line tool and running e2fsck utility:

“Superblock has a bad ext3 journal (inode 8).
Clear? Yes”

Or

“/dev/sdf was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Missing ‘..’ in directory inode 1785876.
Fix? Yes

Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Root inode is not a directory; aborting.
e2fsck: aborted
fsck.ext2 /dev/sdf failed (status 0×8). Run manually.”

After the above error message, you can not access your precious data from the hard drive. In order to get your lost data back, and to sort out these errors, you should perform Data Recovery Linux.

Resolution

The problem is caused by bad block at the starting of inode table. You can fix the problem by reconstructing root inode. It is quite easy to reconstruct the root inode, however the problem is that root inode needs to be placed at fixed location and currently a bad block is located there.

Forcing the hard drive to use spare block from its pool is possible, however a bad block is often an indicator of the beginning of hard drive crash. Thus, replacing the affected hard drive with new one is the safest way to recover from this situation. Use ‘dd’ command to copy data from old hard drive to new one. Then run e2fsck to create a new root directory on the new hard drive, and shift all the inodes, respectively.

If the above method does not solve your problem, Linux Recovery applications perform absolute recovery. They use high-end scanning techniques to methodically scan the entire hard drive and get all your precious data recovered. The Linux Data Recovery software come equipped with simple and rich graphical user interface to enable easy recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery is the most effective solution for all logical data loss scenarios. The software recovers Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 file system volumes. It is compatible with all major distributions of Linux operating system such as Red Hat, Debian, Fedora, SUSE, and Ubuntu.

Maria Peter a student of Mass Communication doing research on Data recovery Linux , Linux Data Recovery software And Ext2 Recovery. she is also a freelancer for http://ext3-file-recovery.data-recovery-linux.com/

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July 09 2010

Interrupted Disk Moving Process in Volume Group Cause Data Loss in Linux

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All of the computer hard drives come with a limited storage capacity and may become full or their performance may get degraded. In such cases, you need a new hard drive with high speed and more storage capacity. Before you remove the old hard drive, you should always move your data to new one, to prevent data loss. You can do it through pvmove command-line tool in Linux operating system. Before trying pvmove operation, you must backup all your data as a failed process could lead to serious data loss and need Linux Data Recovery to be handled.

You can safely replace your hard drive by following the underwritten steps:

Distribute old extents to the existing disks in hard drive volume group: If you’ve sufficient free extents on other disks in volume group, the process will become easy. You need to simply run the following command:

# pvmove /dev/hdb
pvmove — moving physical extents in active volume group “dev”
pvmove — WARNING: moving of active logical volumes may cause data loss!pvmove — do you want to continue? [y/n] y
pvmove — 249 extents of physical volume “/dev/hdb” successfully moved

Distribute the old extents to newly added disk: If the physical extents are not free for distributing old physical extent, you would have to add another disk to volume group and then move extents to replacement disk. Go through below steps for this:

First of all use pvcreate on new disk for preparing and making it available to the Logical Volume Manager.

Add prepared disk to volume group.

Move data from old hard drive to new one. It is not essential to unmount the file system before you go for it. Prior to start moving data, create a full backup of all your data.

Although, the above method is quite useful and widely used, but in some situations like interrupted move operation and moving active logical disk volumes could lead to data loss and need Data Recovery Linux to extract data.

The Linux Recovery can easily be performed with the help of Linux Data Recovery software. They have simple and interactive graphical user interface and thus do not require sound and prior technical skills to retrieve lost data. The software have read-only conduct to perform safe and original recovery.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery is an excellent solution for all your data loss problems. The software recovers lost, missing and inaccessible data from Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT32, FAT16 and FAT12 file system volumes. It is compatible with all major distributions of Linux operating system including Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mandriva, Kubuntu and SUSE.

Manika Batta a student of Mass Communication doing research on Linux data recovery software. SHe is also a freelancer for http://www.data-recovery-linux.com/

June 21 2010

Incorrect Application of dd Command May Cause Data loss in Linux

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In Linux computers, dd (data definition) command-line utility offers several advantages such as converting raw data or low-level copying of data from hard drive to any other storage media. The command is used to copy the file system and is capable of copying specified number of data blocks or bytes. Furthermore, this tool allows you to copy data blocks rearwards, so that in case of any problem in block at some point, data that is stored after and before string would be copied. But incorrect use of parameters in this command may lead to serious data loss situations and need Linux Data Recovery to be sorted out.

This is a useful command-line tool in Linux that helps you to carry out quick and easy recovery in case of any damage to your system and data loss. This command enables you to create image of even entire Linux volume and restore it in case of any damage. On new hard drive, target partition is created having same size and structure as of the failed one. Then this utility is used for copying data from source drive.

Although, the process of this command it quite safe and easy, but a minor mistake during operation might cause disastrous situations. Performing low-level operations on hard drive, if the ‘of’ and ‘if’ parameters are get reversed accidentally. This behavior of Linux operating system renders all of your valuable data inaccessible and cause data loss. At this point, you need to perform Linux Recovery by resolving it to access your valuable data.

You much also consider the block size that has to be copied. The cont=noerror, synchronization option that is used to copy data and files, ignores remainder of block and then replaces it with zero bytes. Thus if block size is large, complete Data Recovery Linux could not be guaranteed.

In such situations, you need to methodically scan the entire hard drive using powerful and advanced scanning algorithms. This is best possible using efficient and highly automated third-party Linux Data Recovery software.

The applications come equipped with simple and self-descriptive user interface and thus let you carry out recovery on your own, without demanding sound and prior technical skills. They are built-with read-only and non-destructive conduct and thus do not alter original data on the drive.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery is the most effective solution for all your data loss problems. The tool recovers data from all Ext4, Ext3, Ext2, FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 hard drive volumes. It works well with all major distributions of Linux operating systems including Fedora, Red Hat, Debian, SUSE and Ubuntu.

Allen a student of Mass Communication doing research on linux recovery software. He is also a freelancer for http://www.data-recovery-linux.com/linux-ext2-ext3-reiserfs-recovery.php