Re: Question: Is it possible to recover deleted files from a healthy XFS filesystem?

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net>]

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On 2025-05-05 14:42, Bc. Martin Šafránek wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have a question regarding XFS and file recovery.
> 
> Is there any method — official or unofficial — to recover deleted files from a healthy, uncorrupted XFS filesystem? I understand that XFS does not support undeletion, but I'm wondering if any remnants of metadata might still allow partial or full recovery, perhaps under specific conditions.
> 
> If anyone has insights, tools, or suggestions, I’d be very grateful.
> 
> Thank you for your time.

There are tools that search the disk blocks trying to find blocks that 
belonged to a file that was deleted. The first step would be to set that 
filesystem to read only, and hopefully, create an image.

I have never tried on an XFS filesystem, so I can't recommend any tool. 
Tools need to know the type of file you want to find.

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Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.6 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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