Re: BTRFS partition corrupted after deleting files in /home

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On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 11:10 PM Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021, 10:11 AM Sreyan Chakravarty <sreyan32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 11:55 AM Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > 1. If you don't have a backup of important data, you should first use
>> > 'btrfs restore' as I've described in previous emails. The fsck should
>> > fix the problem, but there is a chance it makes things worse. No fsck
>> > is guaranteed safe, because it's making changes to the file system.
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>> Let me know if it makes more sense to use ddrescue instead of `btrfs restore`.
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> It's up to you. Both methods make a copy. Thats whats important.
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> ddrescue will take longer and needs more space than just pulling out files with btrfs restore. But if you're already familiar with ddrescue, that's an advantage.
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Going with ddrescue then.

I will try the fix after the backup has been created.

-- 
Regards,
Sreyan Chakravarty
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