Questions tagged [file-recovery]
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How to recover files in git deleted via command git clean -xdf without any commits
I mistakenly have deleted all the files in the local repository via command git clean -xdf which did not commit for once since the creation. One of my codes was not working. It prompted me to use
git clean -xdf.
It removed all the files and my…

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Why does the restored file hasn't previous symbols?
I restored the text file (file.txt) after accidentally deleting it with MiniTool Power
Data Recovery 8.0
Although the recovered file weighs the same (584 KB), but it looks completely different. It looks like this:
I understand that my file was…

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Undo git checkout --
I first checkout a branch from feature branch.
git checkout -b MyBranch
Made some changes in that branch. Added all the files. Then I moved to feature branch. All my staged changes are present in feature branch. Then I did:
git checkout --

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Recovery specific directory from a deleted partition
I know that this question is very common, but sometimes are special cases.
I used dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=4M to fix a HDD with many badblocks. (I`m using Ubuntu live USB).
All 8 partitions (3 of them are big, 1 windows, 1 linux, and 1 to…

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Can an fstream file be made to open if it is already running?
I have a use case where I need to open MyProg.exe after it starts, make some edits and store it again replacing itself. We used to call this self-modifying code which got dubbed as seriously bad coding. However, I do have a real white-hat use case…

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Is it possible to recover Ubuntu 16.04 and install mysql after running "sudo find / -iname 'mysql*' -exec rm -rf {} \;"?
By mistake, I executed this command "sudo find / -iname 'mysql*' -exec rm -rf {} \;" on my system (Ubuntu 16.04).
Is there any way that I can recover the dependencies and install again mysql?
I found this command here…

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Xcode - Lost .h and .cpp file data after Moving src files
I was planning on temporarily moving some of my .h and .cpp files out of my Xcode Projects src folder to the desktop. Upon doing so the entire class's code that I wrote was replaced with…

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Recover deleted files/codes from visual studio while doing check-in in TFS
While doing code check-in for 4 files , got conflict for 1 file and i resolved that conflict and did undo pending changes for only that file , but undo changes happened for all the files and what ever new files/codes added are all deleted.
How to…

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"Help-->Find Action-->Randomly selected action" by mistake
My problem started when I was looking for the search function to find code in one of my Classes and dumb as I was I went to the tab many "Help-->Find action" and relized this was not the search function I was looking for.
Instead of just typing in…

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Recover excel changes
I was using a excel file with macro (*.xlsm), and after a entire day without saving I saved as a common excel file (*.xlsx) and closed everything, and now I have a old xlsm and a new xlsx.
There is any way I can recover the code? I really make a lot…

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Apache Zeppelin, Deleted notebook
I've restarted my Apache Zeppelin after an accidental close.
I don't see my notebook on the Home screen :o!!
When I list the notebook directory on the terminal, I see several codes for directories. One of them corresponds to my lost notebook, but…

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Accidentally Deleted image from server
I Accidentally Deleted image from server and dont have a copy, however when I try to google it, it comes up in google images from my site, can I get the image back? Or does anyone know how I can get old images back? Im with godaddy, I did the…

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undelete all files from USB folder
I have 20 years of work on my USB and I want to clean up .git files. I ran this command in the terminal:
sudo find . | grep .git | xargs rm -rf
When I look in Finder I was shocked: all my projects were gone. Structure under different folders was…

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Reed-Solomon in file recovery
A piece of software I'm working on outputs quite a lot of files which are the stored on a server. During its runtime I've had one file go corrupt on me. These files are critical to the operation, so this cannot happen. I'm therefore trying to come…

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Is there a way to recover a accidentally undo .cshtml file in github support TFS
Accidentally I have undo my work (cshtml file) from my project. Is there a way to recover it from somewhere on my pc. I know about .NET reflector but its for dlls only. If there is any possible way to do it please let me know. Thanks.

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