How to Recover Data Lost while Resizing Ext2 Partition in Linux

Different Operating Systems use different file systems to manage their files stored on hard drive. File System is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. Like FAT and NTFS file systems in Windows, Ext2 or Extended File System is a file system used in Linux Kernel. It is faster file system and it is used as the benchmarking standard.

We use file systems on the logical partitions of hard drive. Hard drives are partitioned to store one kind of data on one partition to manage them effectively. Different partitions can have different size. Sometimes we need to resize the partitions. It is generally required in two cases:

1. When the particular partition is small and the amount of data is big.
2. When the partition is big and it decrease the accessing speed.

If any of these conditions take place, we resize the partition by increasing or decreasing the size of other partitions. We can resize the partition using two methods:

1. Formatting and deleting the partitions and them repartitioning the drive.
2. Resizing dynamically using software

In case of formatting the drive, data loss may occur. To save the data, we need to resize the partitions using software. These software resize the logical partitions without formatting the drive or affecting the existing data. With the help of these software, you can resize the partitions very easily.

Along with the advanced feature of these software have some drawbacks. They can cause data loss in some instances. For example if your want to increase the size of Logical Drive “D” by taking 5GB space from Logical Drive “E”. In case if you don’t have 5GB of free space on E drive the software will delete the existing data on the drive and take the space for D. in this way, the software may cause data loss.

In these circumstances, the data from drive E become inaccessible and you need for data recovery to recover the lost data. You can perform this task using Linux recovery software.

Linux data recovery software are the application programs designed to recover data from Linux Operating System. In this particular case, you need to purchase a data recovery software that can recover data from Ext2 File System. Before purchasing any Data Recovery software, you should make sure that the particular Linux data recovery software you are going to purchase will support the recovery from Ext2 file system or not.

Stellar Phoenix Linux Data Recovery Software is the most powerful and easy to use Linux data recovery software among all software available in the market. This software uses advanced searching algorithms to search and locate the lost data and recover them. In case if you don’t get the desired result from the general searching options: Standard and advanced of the software, you can perform raw file recovery. This is very powerful tool of this software that searches files according to the file signature. It supports all major file types used in Linux Operating System.