I recently had to reinstall Windows 7 over a dual boot. My Ubuntu partition is no longer accessible. It still seems to show up when I use gparted from live USB. However, it's unallocated space. I don't know how to go about recovering the partition. If only I could browse through or grab some of the data I've temporarily lost. Any help would be appreciated!
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1I've been looking through your boot-repair log. I don't see any unallocated space there. Could you please clarify, what makes you think so? – MadMike Nov 26 '13 at 06:31
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1@MadMike there was no ext4 partition – Avinash Raj Nov 26 '13 at 08:27
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When I run Ubuntu Live from USB, then GParted, I can see the unallocated chunk of space that used to function as my linux OS. Also, when I run testdisk, it will do the search and I can see and navigate through the directories that are apparently mostly still there...? – user219421 Nov 30 '13 at 16:53
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Ideally, I'd like to have it back and functioning, but the only data I'm interested in saving is personal, like browser bookmarks, photos and images, videos, downloads, and tomboy notes. – user219421 Nov 30 '13 at 16:59
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1Related: Accidentally deleted Ubuntu system partition during attempted Windows installation – Eliah Kagan Mar 20 '18 at 17:06
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Try testdisk it will recover your datas from deleted partition. Download testdisk from here and the step by step tutorial here
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Running testdisk didn't help me repair becaaause I don't know enough about what I'm doing. I ran testdisk from a usb flash drive with Ubuntu Rescue Remix--where can I find the log to post for more help? I got through the "Deeper Search." – user219421 Nov 28 '13 at 06:40
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see this http://askubuntu.com/questions/171163/how-to-recover-a-deleted-ntfs-partition-with-data – Avinash Raj Nov 28 '13 at 06:56