On Mon, May 05, 2025 at 09:30:32PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > A long time ago there was a simple xfs_irecover tool to scan blocks > for inode signatures. We never managed to port it to use libxfs and > the code repository for it seems to have disappeared. > > But in general, yes you can scan for inode clusters that have not been > reused, but it is very low-level and dangerous if you don't know what > you are doing. If you are looking for specific file types, PhotoRec (https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec) might also be an option.
