3 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That's a good sign, it found a backup superblock, now mount the disk with the UD plugin (or add a new pool and assign it there) and check contents.

 

Great News 🎉!
 

I've never done that before. Should I mount it there using the button "MOUNT"?
 

Edited June 27, 20224 yr by manrw

Yes.

I clicked on "MOUNT" and checked "/mnt/" for contents.
This is what I can see:

 

There is a ton of these random directories with files in it

That's not unexpected, there will be some damage, you can inspect those files to see if there's something useful, other alternative is scanning the disk with a file recovery util like UFS explorer.

32 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

That's not unexpected, there will be some damage, you can inspect those files to see if there's something useful, other alternative is scanning the disk with a file recovery util like UFS explorer.

 

That's probably somewhat what I have to accept. I'll make a quick backup of the entire disk to an external SSD and inspect them locally.
Is there some way to further restore the data?
I've heard about UFS Explorer. Would I need a license for recovering? Would it be possible to restore the rest of the files and the directory structure?

 

EDIT: The data im most after are my docker containers. This is where most important data was located.

Edited June 27, 20224 yr by manrw

49 minutes ago, manrw said:

've heard about UFS Explorer. Would I need a license for recovering?

Yes, but I believe you can use the trial to see what data would be recoverable, including if it can recover the folder structure.

37 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Yes, but I believe you can use the trial to see what data would be recoverable, including if it can recover the folder structure.

 

Would I need to take the drive out for that?

Also, 500€ is over my budget - Am I looking at the wrong version?

 

Without that we won't be able to further restore the data?

Standard recovery is 60€, and yes probably easier to take the disk out and use a WIndows desktop.

53 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Standard recovery is 60€, and yes probably easier to take the disk out and use a WIndows desktop.

 

That would be fine. Would you be willing to assist me for the recovery process, when the copy of the disk has been finished?

Sorry, never used that program.

15 minutes ago, JorgeB said:

Sorry, never used that program.

 

No worries, I'll try it out. Can I come back at you when I'm done, for setting up the array?

Sure.

Quick Update:
- I bought an additional 1 TB SSD which will store all docker containers and my VMs
- I have restored some of my data (reverse proxy, nextcloud, ...). I also found some backups of important tools!
- I made several copies of the backups and made a disk image of the entire 1 TB HDD
- I completly removed the 1 TB HDD from the system and will keep it like this for now
- I bought 5 TB external backup storage, which I will backup to using Duplicati

I should be ready to turn it on and plug the new 1 TB SDD in. Will you assist me for configuration, that I don't break something again?

Edited July 2, 20224 yr by manrw

You just need to assign the new device as a pool, but feel free to ask if you have any doubts.

11 hours ago, JorgeB said:

You just need to assign the new device as a pool, but feel free to ask if you have any doubts.

It worked, thank you. I'll close this topic now. Thank you for your help!

On 6/27/2022 at 5:16 AM, manrw said:

The data im most after are my docker containers. This is where most important data was located.

All you need is a backup of appdata, then you can reinstall your dockers using the Previous Apps feature on the Apps page.

6 hours ago, trurl said:

All you need is a backup of appdata, then you can reinstall your dockers using the Previous Apps feature on the Apps page.

 

I have learned from this and back up appdata and other directories with Duplicatli weekly.

Thank you for your input