I got a Ubuntu 12.04 key. It corrupted after a sudden power cut and I was not able to open my desktop session. I then tried using an Ubuntu live CD but it was not able to mount my drive.     I tried some commands which were suggested by my friends like fsck etc. There was a bad super block on my drive but it was all in vain. I suddenly deleted my partition by mistake. I did not understand partitioning.   I gave it to a professional for repair and thanks to that Windows 8 Pro is installed on my device by making new partitions. Can I still retrieve my data?
I have a 230 Gigs HDD on my laptop, i have 50 gigs extended for my linux, i have 80 gigs empty ntfs partition, and 100 gigs ntfs partition where i store all my important data, (i have about 50 gigs of important things) today i mounted the 100 gigs partition took something from it, unmounted it back, and then when i mounted it again it was EMPTY !!! all the data is gone !!!! i used to mount it via the terminal : sudo mount ntfs /dev/sda5 /media/E where E is a dir that i make (when i make it i change the permissions of media to 777 then after creating the dir, i change it back to normal)  Guys you cant imagine how much this data is important to me, Plz HelP,  thnx in advance
What makes a photo a good photo? I don't know if this is a stupid question, this just came across my mind.  Imagine a photo of a dog yawning.  Someone could say that is a very good photo as it is taken just at the right moment, from a perfect angle (eg. level with the dog) and it has a shallow depth of field focusing on its face.  Someone else might dislike it because unfortunately the dog is ugly.  So from that example I could say people look at the following elements when judging a photo (but I could be wrong):   The timing (if it's taken at the right moment) The angle it's taken from (composition?) DOF (composition?) The subject (eg. whether the dog is pretty)   I am interested to know what experts think the elements you look at when judging whether a photo is a good photo.  Thanks in advance for your comments. My Applications are not showing after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 I did an upgrade today to the latest version of ubuntu. Everything looked good and fine only for me to discover that I cannot find my applications after clicking the 'Show Applications' icon. The same applies when I search for an application in the search bar, I do not see it. It shows me an endless search.  These are the screenshot images of the problem:      In the meantime, I access my applications from the menu at the top bar and also use the terminal to run applications with CLI. Are units in English singular or plural? I am a little bit confused about using units in English, sometimes I hear that people use singular units for plural things, sometimes they use plural ones. Which one is correct?   3 meter(s) long? during a 2 week(s) period? 0.5 dollar(s) Why do reputation drops not highlight the Achievements icon? The "Recent achievements" icon (looks like a bar graph in the top bar for signed in users) doesn't highlight when one only has recent reputation losses.  I'd like it to highlight whenever my reputation changes, positive or negative - in fact I'd suggest it's far more important for me to review posts that get a downvote than those that got an upvote.  Is there a reason negative reputation events don't cause it to highlight? How to Count Duplicates in List with LINQ How would one write object-oriented code in C? Add max value to a new column in R "Authoring" versus "Writing" NB: Nvidia has released an official fix; please see ,  and/or .  Upon waking up Ubuntu 16.04 from Suspend, the following graphical glitches appear around all windows, context menus, and similar:      This is currently known to affect the following NVIDIA cards running the proprietary drivers:  NVIDIA GeForce 610M, driver version 375.39, 340.102 NVIDIA GT 630M, driver version 375.39 NVIDIA GTX 650, driver version 375.39 NVIDIA GT 740M, driver version 378.13 NVIDIA GTX 745, unknown driver version NVIDIA GTX 850M, driver version 375.39, 378.13 NVIDIA GT 940M, driver version 375.39 NVIDIA GTX 950M, unknown driver version NVIDIA GTX 960M, driver version 378.13 NVIDIA GTX 970, driver version 375.39 NVIDIA GTX 970M, driver version 375.39 NVIDIA GTX 980 TI, unknown driver version NVIDIA GTX 1060, driver version 375.26, 375.39, 378.09 NVIDIA GTX 1070, driver version 378.09  The above above list has been sourced from reports from other users here on AU,  thread, and  thread. NB: This is be no means an exclusive list. It probably effects nearly all Nvidia cards.  Furthermore, this issue has been replicated on a clean install where the only change was a software update and the installation of the latest NVIDIA drivers.  What is going on, and how can it be resolved? How do I call a .NET assembly from C/C++? Suppose I am writing an application in C++ and C#.  I want to write the low level parts in C++ and write the high level logic in C#.  How can I load a .NET assembly from my C++ program and start calling methods and accessing the properties of my C# classes? Let $a$ and $b$ be non-zero integers, and $c$ be an integer. Let $d = \gcd(a, b)$. Prove that if $a|c$ and $b|c$ then $ab|cd$. Let $a$ and $b$ be non-zero integers, and $c$ be an integer. Let $d = hcf(a, b)$. Prove that if $a|c$ and $b|c$ then $ab|cd$.   We know that if $a|c$ and $b|c$ then $a\cdot b\cdot s=c$ (for some positive integer $s$). $(ab|c)$  Then doesn't $ab|dc$ since $ab|c$?  I feel like I'm misunderstanding my givens.    Can we say $\operatorname{lcm}(a,b)=c$,  $\operatorname{hcf}(a,b)=d$, and $\operatorname{lcd}(a,b) \operatorname{hcf}(a*b)=a*b$? Thus, $ab|dc$  as $dc = ab$. Check for missing fonts/characters in XeLaTeX? Because I began to use many Unicode characters (Japanese, some unusual diacritics, etc.) I switched from LaTeX to XeLaTeX to render my documents. Unfortunately, if a font is missing, the letters are simply left out (for example, when I had forgotten to specify the font for Japanese) without any error (and I can't seem to spot a warning either). I will read the result, but I prefer to get some early warning if some character isn't available. Is there any way to get a warning about characters that have not been rendered? An error would be even better. We are going to change the IP address of our SharePoint Servers can any one point out the RISK and IMPACT Natural Sort Order in C# Run as a different user on a shortcut How do I run as a different user on a shortcut in Windows 7?   On Windows XP, I had the ability to mark a shortcut as being run by a different user, so that every time I ran it it would prompt me for a username/password. This let me have two shortcuts for things like , one for my normal account and one for my domain administrator account which has access to production servers.  I can get to the 'Run as different user' option with Shift + right-click, but I can't see an option anywhere that would let me mark the shortcut as doing this every time. Finding the limit of $(1-\cos x)/x^2$ $$\lim _{x \to 0}{1-\cos x\over x^2}={2\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\over x^2}={\frac{2}{x^2}\cdot {\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\over \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^2}}\cdot\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^2$$  now $$\lim_{x \to 0}{\sin^2\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\over \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^2}=\left({\sin\left(\frac{x}{2}\right)\over \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)}\right)^2=1^2$$  So we have $$\frac{2}{x^2}\cdot \left(\frac{x}{2}\right)^2=\frac{2}{x^2}\cdot \left(\frac{x^2}{4}\right)=\frac{1}{2}$$  Are the moves right? How Do You Use An Image As The World Background? Service  since Mar 29th. It looks like all the new applicants are allowed to reserve appointment with USCIS for biometrics (see: )  Did anyone successfully finish biometric process at USCIS post Mar 29th? Sometimes the website does not get updated, leaving people in the dark.  This information will help the affected people to plan. Bug in editor for numbered lists? I noticed what seemed to be a bug in the way the stackoverflow editor handles numbered lists. I did a search on meta for this and it didn't come up, but if it is a duplicate, I'll delete the question.  Consider the following code:  Here are some points:  1. One 2. Two 3. Three  Here are some more points which continue the theme:  4. Four 5. Five   When you actually type this into the text editor, this is the result:  Here are some points:   One Two Three   Here are some more points which continue the theme:   Four Five   In this case, the ordered list resets after the break. This is probably just an edge case (and not necessarily worth fixing), but I ran into the problem today and figured this would be a good place to raise the topic! My workaround was to use back-ticks around the numeral, but then you lose the hanging indent. (ie, 1. One)  Might this be worth fixing? Is it expected behavior? Or am I doing it wrong? Dynamic Object Intellisense