Are you using a Linux system and are unable to locate some of your files after a power outage? If yes, then there are chances that you may have lost these files due to any random reason. There are few methods in Linux that you can use to recover these files. If these methods do not work, then the taking the services of a professional Linux data recovery tool is called for.

Taking a practical case in which you are working on a Linux system that has ext2 file system. Suddenly, there is a power outage and the system shuts down abruptly. When the power is restored, you switch on the system, only to find that you have lost some of the files.

Cause:

There could be the following reasons for such situation:

The system could be virus infected that could have caused the data loss.

There could be some bugs in the operating system version.

It could be possible that the logical drives may be accidentally deleted.

The partition table may have got corrupt or damaged.

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Using Linux Commands Rather Than Linux GUI Utility Software Programs

The great thing about learning how to use the Linux commands is that they’re virtually identical from one version of Linux another!

So, the “real” way to do Linux System Administration is to run Linux commands at the command line prompt, rather than using one of the many slow and cumbersome “point-and-click” GUI (Graphical User Interface) utilities that only work in the distribution you’re currently using – because each distribution has its own particular set of GUI utilities that only work in that single version.

To run a Linux command, you just type in the name of the command, and then type in any other parts of the command, such as the command options, and then press the Enter key.

Typing in a Linux command and then pressing Enter to run it just takes seconds and the command runs instantly – and this is much faster than starting up and using a Linux GUI utility to do the equivalent of running the command.

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