My first ext3 file recovery went well
So, first thing I learned is to have the packages foremost and sleuthkit installed. Then I basically followed the steps laid out in the article Why Recovering a Deleted Ext3 File Is Difficult. It worked for me and only leaves me wondering why these steps couldn’t be automated a bit.
Additional links:
http://foremost.sourceforge.net/foremost.html
http://www.sleuthkit.org/sleuthkit/