How to recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Aug 29, 2006 12:33 AM EDT
Linux.com; By Shawn Hermans
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Recently I wanted to make sure I had enough space to back up my home digital videos and pictures, so I purchased a new hard drive to add to my home Linux server. I moved all the files I wanted to save onto a single hard drive and repartitioned the old hard drive so I could upgrade to a newer version of Linux. After going through the process of reinstalling the operating system, I mounted the backup hard drive and discovered that it was empty. I had some how mixed up the hard drive I used to back up all the data with a hard drive that I wanted to wipe.

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