I installed Ubuntu on the wrong partition, and lost a lot of important data.  What can I do to recover as much of the lost data as possible? I already booted into a live USB and I have read that it is good to use Foremost, but I don't really know how to use it. So I'd be really grateful for some guidance.
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I am on Ubuntu 12.04 64-bits  I accidentally deleted a NTFS 255 GB partition using Gparted, and yes it contains LOTS of important data.  Upon realizing the deletion I haven't yet created any file-system on it. So it still shows Unallocated.    I tried Testdisk , but it shows entire partitions created from the beginning.  This sdb is my secondary drive with Xubuntu and Kubuntu on it. And that 255 GB NTFS  partition was cross platform storage drive.  I am currently in sda with Ubuntu and Win7 in dual boot, which enables me to use it as Safe recovery option rather then Live USB drive.   First ,  should i allocate it to ? file-System for better recovery .  Second , i really need to recover data from this drive so please give me possible  suggestions and proven methods of data recovery.  Third ,does Testdisk requires deleted partition to be allocated for its recovery .  I am currently trying the answer seen here  with Testdisk scanning for partition second time, hoping to recover it.   It looks a duplicate but i can't confirm if the OP got it right. Since my first doubt is to allocate it or not.  If any clarification required please do comment ,i will add it.  Edit: TestDisk deeper search results.      The following partitions can't be recovered:          Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors     &gt;  HPFS - NTFS          22241 107 11 55592   3 27  535777280        FAT32 LBA            274460 158 19 460576 228 16 2989957948  NTFS, 274 GB / 255 GiB &amp; for FAT32 LBA 1530 GB / 1425 GiB
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Has anyone had success recovering deleted files from an ext4 partition? I've tried various utilities, but none have worked yet. I'd be grateful if someone can share a success story!
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I had 500GB portable hard drive. it fell from the table and when i joined it was not showing any data and asked me to format it. i did format. Then again it was not functioning properly so i had to quick format it again.  Now i had lots of data in it. Is there any software which can recover my files and folders with same structure as original
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New Ubuntu user here... I have Ubuntu on my 250GB SSD and I have another 500GB on my laptop that Ubuntu can't find. I'm not sure where or how to start finding it.
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I'd like to see the full How-To on how to use manual partitioning during Ubuntu installation. The existing guides (at least those I found here) cover only automatic part and leave untouched the manual part (or extremely short and contain no pictures).  I'd like to cover such situations:     If your disk contains other systems:
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I was using recuva to find pictures and videos on a windows xp hard drive, but I keep getting an internal error message. Does anyone know of an alternative program for recovering broken and damaged files?  I know that with ubuntu it's sometimes better and I had some more success recovering data from windows computers with ubuntu, I tried find but are there any GUI programs that someone would recommend?
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I've accidentally deleted some really important files on my machine, and I'm looking to find out how to recover them.  Using the Trash bins "restore" isn't an option, as the files aren't there (mostly likely I wasn't paying attention and permanently deleted them from there).  Is there any way that I can un-delete these files?
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I have dual booted Ubuntu with Windows 7. I wanted to uninstall Ubuntu. So as per an answer for one of the related questions on this site I did the following:   Deleted the Ubuntu Partition through Windows. As per the answer now I was supposed to boot Windows from USB &amp; then do "repair startup".   But Windows could not find any problem hence nothing was done. So when my laptop booted normally (i.e. from HDD) it was showing some error like GRUB:/ unknown file system. I dont remember the exact words but it was something like this. Thus I couldn't boot windows neither Ubuntu. So again I had to install Ubuntu.  But now my question is how do I remove Ubuntu so that my laptop returns to the previous state of installing Ubuntu?  UPDATE: Seems that it wasnt on this site. My mistake :P .Here is the link
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I accidentally deleted /home with sudo rm -rf.  I tried to restore it with testdisk, but because Ubuntu is from Wubi, it cannot list the filesystem and I don't know another way to do this.  How could I restore my data? It's important.  I'm using 10.10 on Wubi
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I need to install Ubuntu instead of Windows 7. Can you tell me the steps to do it? I don't want to install Ubuntu alongside Windows. Any precautions needed before installing Ubuntu? How do I install Ubuntu 11.10 without losing the current data in my laptop?
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I have a computer that dual boots Linux Mint, and Ubuntu, I am wondering what the best way would be to remove Linux Mint, then recovering the hard drive space that is resides in so that Ubuntu will be able to access it.
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I deleted my Linux (Ubuntu) partition from Windows and I forgot to repair the MBR. I don't have my windows boot CD with me nor a CD drive. Is there any small utility that can be easily downloaded (I know about hiren CD but it's about 500 MB and I don't need that whole stuff) and which can be used from an USB drive? If yes, please explain the steps to perform. Thank you   UPDATED: Small Linux live CDs are OK since I can boot them from an USB drive using
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I recovered all the files from my corrupted  today.   What should I do with it now?    Reformat and continue using it or throw it away and buy a new one   Here's the details on the card and how it got corrupted, if that matters:    16&nbsp;GB  card () I had it for seven months I used it like a hard drive for my  netbook (but no programs stored on the card) The SD card stores documents, video, images, and MP3 files I am not sure how it corrupted; I started the netbook one day to find the card corrupted The netbook used  operating system at the time of corruption
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I installed Ubuntu sometime back along side Vista, but later found that I rarely (if ever) use Ubuntu. How easy is it to return my computer to its initial state of having only one OS, and freeing up the hard-drive space used by the Ubuntu install?
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I have a USB drive that I accidentally partitioned when trying to put Ubuntu on it. It's a 16 GB Kingston flash drive but it is now split to two partitions, 7.30 GB each.  How do I combine the two partitions into one? I have tried Disk Management in Windows but no luck.
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The folder is massive (390GB) and contains many different files. The file system is ext4  I was about to copy this file to another hard drive using gksudo nautilus so I didnt have do a massive chmod operation on the destination hard drive, but then I accidentally hit move to trash, which in gksudo nautilus means permanent deletion. I checked the trash but it's not even an operation...  I have seen tools like testdisk and other recovery tools but none that can recover and whole folder because its made up of different files.   I don't think that this would work but if I deleted the partition could I just recover the whole partition at once?  Or would this be wrong because i have already deleted the partition's content? This is my first job in Linux IT.  I don't have a backup... I was trying to make one because the old backup drive died :(
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Well, I have accidentally deleted my Ubuntu drive. I just want to recover all the contents of /home.   Is there a way to do it? I referred to , where I need to specify the extensions of files. And in my case, I don't know actual extensions. So, is there any utility which can let me recover my /home folder alone?  I have not even formatted that drive or touched it at all. So no write has been done on that drive.  If you have suggestions on how to recover, please tell me.