recover deleted files

[Nils Kassube]

Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
> I did not ask for files to be deleted from the external hard drive but
> they are gone!  Any recommendations for programs to use to try to
> recover them? I have a computer with Ubuntu 13.10, nice fast HP
> laptop, and a netbook that is pretty quick with 12.10.  The HD is a
> Toshiba.  I had FAT on there as the drive is used also by a windows
> box.

Try the program photorec from the package testdisk - it is a command 
line tool. If you didn't write to the disk after you deleted the files, 
they are probably still there.


Nils