HELP! Made A Huge Mistake - Formatted from Reiserfs to XFS and Lost Data

[JorgeB]

1 minute ago, SuperNotSupper said:

Any tips or tricks for items I'm seeing in the lost in found folder?

 

Some files will have a different name and/or no extension, file size can help to determine what it was, but basically you'll need to add an extension and try to play/open them.

[CHBMB]

@johnnie.black Never cease to be impressed at your drive salvage skills.  Glad this worked out alright for you @SuperNotSupper

[JorgeB]

1 minute ago, CHBMB said:

@johnnie.black Never cease to be impressed at your drive salvage skills.  Glad this worked out alright for you @SuperNotSupper

 

Well, can't take credit for that, IMO it's the only thing good about reiser,  fsck is superior to most other file systems and recover data in pretty dire situations.

[SuperNotSupper]

3 hours ago, johnnie.black said:

 

Well, can't take credit for that, IMO it's the only thing good about reiser,  fsck is superior to most other file systems and recover data in pretty dire situations.

 

Johnnie -- can't thank you enough. I'm going through the lost and found and oddly enough most of the content is duplicated in it's original home. There are a handful of files with no names but I can sift through those. For now - crisis averted.

 

For anyone who is stupid enough to make the same mistake I did, please follow the steps Johnnie outlined and it will get you back on track.

[garycase]

Glad you were able to recover most of your files.   Now is a good time to setup a backup strategy