On 04/20/2015 09:38 PM, David Backer wrote:
[backups are] 3 months old ...
So, all of your data on one HDD, a backup strategy of one HDD, and no backups taken for the past three months? Ouch. The guy in the mirror got you good (been there, done that).
You and others have already identified what is likely the only remaining technical solution -- pay a vendor with a the right knowledge, materials, tools, equipment, and skills to do whatever it takes to copy out the raw sectors and give them to you. Your HDD manufacturer will be the best qualified to do this. Then reassemble what's left of LUKS, LVM, ext4, etc. and hope you're lucky. If you've got the time and money, go for it If not, accept the decision you made three months ago.
Alternatively and/or in parallel, try to get your hands on other copies of the files that you've created over the past three months. You probably delivered important files to other people; they may still have copies. IMAP servers may still have copies. Desktop Trash bins may still have copies.
In any case, once you've put your desktop (e.g. backup server) back together again, get two more backup drives, make copies of your backup, get a BluRay burner, burn the backup to optical. Put one backup copy drive and the optical archive set off-site. Going forward, implement daily backups, implement periodic backup copying, implement period archiving to optical, and implement off-site rotation and storage.
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