Amazed at file recovery
Posted: Wed 12 Feb 2020, 04:37
I've been using Puppy Linux for about 15 years now. I have always found it's simplicity, low resource usage and special features to be handy at various times and for various things.
Recently, my Dad mentioned that he had a USB that his windows desktop could no longer read. I said I'd have a play around with it - I use the command line a bit and thought there would probably be a BASH utility out there that could help recover some of the data.
Anyway, I researched and played around to no avail. Even foremost came up with nothing. I had been using Ubuntu and Mx Linux. Sometimes I could see the filesystem, then I'd try and open something and the OS would freeze. I was starting to think nothing was salvageable.
Then I tried booting up BionicPup32 and mounting the dodgy USB. It mounted, no problem! I could search through the filesystem and the first file I tried opening opened immediately. As it turns out, I was able to copy 99% of the files onto another USB using rsync. It was a lengthy process as some files (even though they were only, say, 5MB in size) would take around 20mins to copy and there was 4GB in total to transfer.
I don't know how Pup did it, but my Dad was very grateful to have access to those files again!! There were some very precious memories on there.
So the reason I came here was that I had been to the Pup homepage looking for some place I could make a donation, to say thanks, but couldn't find one. I also sent an email, direct to Barry. He said the he didn't want anything and said that there were many contributors to the project. Is there a place I can contribute to the project with a donation, or at least a review??
Thank you all for your great work and best wishes!
Recently, my Dad mentioned that he had a USB that his windows desktop could no longer read. I said I'd have a play around with it - I use the command line a bit and thought there would probably be a BASH utility out there that could help recover some of the data.
Anyway, I researched and played around to no avail. Even foremost came up with nothing. I had been using Ubuntu and Mx Linux. Sometimes I could see the filesystem, then I'd try and open something and the OS would freeze. I was starting to think nothing was salvageable.
Then I tried booting up BionicPup32 and mounting the dodgy USB. It mounted, no problem! I could search through the filesystem and the first file I tried opening opened immediately. As it turns out, I was able to copy 99% of the files onto another USB using rsync. It was a lengthy process as some files (even though they were only, say, 5MB in size) would take around 20mins to copy and there was 4GB in total to transfer.
I don't know how Pup did it, but my Dad was very grateful to have access to those files again!! There were some very precious memories on there.
So the reason I came here was that I had been to the Pup homepage looking for some place I could make a donation, to say thanks, but couldn't find one. I also sent an email, direct to Barry. He said the he didn't want anything and said that there were many contributors to the project. Is there a place I can contribute to the project with a donation, or at least a review??
Thank you all for your great work and best wishes!