From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
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To: | John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Postgres Dropped DB have recovered files how to restore |
Date: | 2016-06-07 18:01:01 |
Message-ID: | 20160607180101.GA453552@alvherre.pgsql |
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John R Pierce wrote:
> On 6/6/2016 4:09 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> >I have no idea about Windows filesystems but you may be able to
> >"undelete" the files, as long as you don't touch the partition for
> >anything else; search the web for "undelete ntfs". Once you undelete
> >you will need to put them back in the right places. I suggest you get a
> >disk with twice as much space as the original; make an image copy of the
> >original disk and don't touch the original anymore. Then try to
> >undelete the files from the image. Use the list Adrian provided as a
> >guide for what you're missing.
> >
> >You*may* be able to recover the data, if you're lucky and careful.
>
> that won't work if he did a DROP DATABASE as all the metadata is gone.
It's only very difficult -- not impossible.
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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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