The first thing you want to do is unmount the filesystem that file resided on so no data will be written over it. Below is a HOWTO on how to undelete files from ext2 file systems. Give it a read. - http://linux.com/howto/mini/Ext2fs-Undeletion.html Hope this helps, Eden Gordon Chamberlin wrote: > Ok, I finally did it. I deleted a 18 meg file that I really needed. DOH! > > It is my understanding that with disk editors I can retrieve, some if not all of the file. > > Does anyone have a good recommendation for an ext2 editor useful for getting lost files? > > Thanks, > from The eVillage Idiot > -- > Gordon Chamberlin Software Architect > Visualize, Inc. http://www.visualizeinc.com > (602) 861-0999 ext. 14 glac@visualizeinc.com > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss