MySQL database recovery

[chris]

On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 22:25 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2011-04-06 at 15:22 +0100, Oliver Marshall wrote: 
> > Hi chaps,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > We have a machine from which someone has just deleted a MySQL
> > database. The MySQL databases weren’t being backed up unfortunately. 
> 
> I believe that if the file is manually deleted, it's a goner. Before you
> reboot that machine I guess you could hunt for some sort of backup
> in /tmp ? It's a thought and I hope someone has a definitive answer for
> you, Ric
> 
> 
It is possible that testdisk can recover part of it, if the disk area
has not been overwritten.
Run a google for testdisk.

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Cheers the kiwi