data loss with reiserfs

[Julian Picht <JPicht85@web.de>]

Hello!

I've got SuSE 8.0 Pro installed on reiserfs version 3.x.1b.
About a week ago my /var/ folder was empty. I know that it wasn't deleted by 
any user the files and subfolders where just gone. The content in the /var/ 
directory was not that important but today the content of another directory 
vanished including some files I need.
The files vanished today where about 1.5 GB but this space is _not_ free. So 
the files aren't there but they are also not realy gone.
I first thought I could have exidentaly moved them but I cannot "locate" them. 
[Yes I did "updatedb"]
So i wanted to do "reiserfsck" but when I mounted the drive read/write it said
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reiserfsck 3.x.1b (2002)
Will read-only check consistency of the filesystem on /dev/hdb3
Will put log info to 'stdout'

Do you want to run this program?[N/Yes] (note need to type Yes):Yes
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reiserfsck --check started at Fri Jun 21 19:13:18 2002
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Device /dev/hdb3 is mounted w/ write permissions, can not check it
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When I mounted it read only it said the same, also when I did not mount the 
device at all: the same message.

So, what can I do?

greetings Julian Picht