How to recover files from a partition that was previosuly NTFS under Wndows but after Ubuntu installation had...
I had accidentally installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Windows 8 while trying to Dual Boot. I had a single partition(973GB) which had windows with NTFS filesystem. But by the accidental install of ubuntu the filesystem had changed to ext4.
When I tried testdisk, it showed me three partitions:
P EFI System (with very less data)
P MS DATA (the large disk of around 950GB. I think this partition has all the data)
P Linux Swap (same size as my ram)
Now when I tried searching, it showed that the partition MS Data cannot be recovered. I dont need the partition or the windows 8 back. I only need some of my important files that got deleted. Can I recover these files? Please help.
ntfs ext4 testdisk
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I had accidentally installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Windows 8 while trying to Dual Boot. I had a single partition(973GB) which had windows with NTFS filesystem. But by the accidental install of ubuntu the filesystem had changed to ext4.
When I tried testdisk, it showed me three partitions:
P EFI System (with very less data)
P MS DATA (the large disk of around 950GB. I think this partition has all the data)
P Linux Swap (same size as my ram)
Now when I tried searching, it showed that the partition MS Data cannot be recovered. I dont need the partition or the windows 8 back. I only need some of my important files that got deleted. Can I recover these files? Please help.
ntfs ext4 testdisk
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
bumped to the homepage by Community♦ 9 hours ago
This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed.
good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54
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I had accidentally installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Windows 8 while trying to Dual Boot. I had a single partition(973GB) which had windows with NTFS filesystem. But by the accidental install of ubuntu the filesystem had changed to ext4.
When I tried testdisk, it showed me three partitions:
P EFI System (with very less data)
P MS DATA (the large disk of around 950GB. I think this partition has all the data)
P Linux Swap (same size as my ram)
Now when I tried searching, it showed that the partition MS Data cannot be recovered. I dont need the partition or the windows 8 back. I only need some of my important files that got deleted. Can I recover these files? Please help.
ntfs ext4 testdisk
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
I had accidentally installed Ubuntu 13.04 on Windows 8 while trying to Dual Boot. I had a single partition(973GB) which had windows with NTFS filesystem. But by the accidental install of ubuntu the filesystem had changed to ext4.
When I tried testdisk, it showed me three partitions:
P EFI System (with very less data)
P MS DATA (the large disk of around 950GB. I think this partition has all the data)
P Linux Swap (same size as my ram)
Now when I tried searching, it showed that the partition MS Data cannot be recovered. I dont need the partition or the windows 8 back. I only need some of my important files that got deleted. Can I recover these files? Please help.
ntfs ext4 testdisk
ntfs ext4 testdisk
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
edited Sep 3 '13 at 15:50
Saurav Kumar
10.4k134665
10.4k134665
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
asked Sep 3 '13 at 15:36
Yasaswy KYasaswy K
612
612
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good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54
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good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54
good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54
good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54
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You can still recover them by using photorec which comes with testdisk after you install it. Type in a terminal photorec and select the hard drive / partition you wish to analyze and the place where you want to store all recovered files (Should be a place not on the same hard drive you are trying to recover from).
Your same case has also happened to me. Trying to recover files from a previous NTFS or FAT32 partition that was formatted to Ext3 or Ext4. In the end it recovered all files we needed.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
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Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
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You can still recover them by using photorec which comes with testdisk after you install it. Type in a terminal photorec and select the hard drive / partition you wish to analyze and the place where you want to store all recovered files (Should be a place not on the same hard drive you are trying to recover from).
Your same case has also happened to me. Trying to recover files from a previous NTFS or FAT32 partition that was formatted to Ext3 or Ext4. In the end it recovered all files we needed.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
add a comment |
You can still recover them by using photorec which comes with testdisk after you install it. Type in a terminal photorec and select the hard drive / partition you wish to analyze and the place where you want to store all recovered files (Should be a place not on the same hard drive you are trying to recover from).
Your same case has also happened to me. Trying to recover files from a previous NTFS or FAT32 partition that was formatted to Ext3 or Ext4. In the end it recovered all files we needed.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
add a comment |
You can still recover them by using photorec which comes with testdisk after you install it. Type in a terminal photorec and select the hard drive / partition you wish to analyze and the place where you want to store all recovered files (Should be a place not on the same hard drive you are trying to recover from).
Your same case has also happened to me. Trying to recover files from a previous NTFS or FAT32 partition that was formatted to Ext3 or Ext4. In the end it recovered all files we needed.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
You can still recover them by using photorec which comes with testdisk after you install it. Type in a terminal photorec and select the hard drive / partition you wish to analyze and the place where you want to store all recovered files (Should be a place not on the same hard drive you are trying to recover from).
Your same case has also happened to me. Trying to recover files from a previous NTFS or FAT32 partition that was formatted to Ext3 or Ext4. In the end it recovered all files we needed.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
answered Sep 3 '13 at 15:45
Luis Alvarado♦Luis Alvarado
145k135486653
145k135486653
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
add a comment |
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
Thanks for the answer. I have two more doubts. 1. Do I need to run photorec from livecd/liveusb or can I run it from ubuntu I installed on the same drive? 2. My HDD is 950GB approx. I had data of around 600GB. Can I use a usb drive of around 8/16GB to transfer my data to another computer in many trips?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 3 '13 at 22:24
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
You can run it from the same drive but you might recover more info than the current HDD. Let's say you have a 1TB HDD but you have formatted the HDD 2 or 3 times. On each of this times, the HDD was 90% full (900 GB). This means that photorec might recover, not only the missing files in the current formatted partition but also from previous ones, recovering 900x3 = 2700 GB of information (Worst case exaggerated scenario). So you need in most cases a larger hard drive than the one you are recovering from. For using USB drives for it, it will not work. You can not unmount while recovering to it.
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 4 '13 at 0:25
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
I tried using photorec. But it always gets stuck at some sector while reading and does not go further. It happened twice. Is there any other way I can do it?
– Yasaswy K
Sep 12 '13 at 4:42
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
Did you try doing an fsck to the hard drive. For example: sudo fsck /dev/sda1 -f
– Luis Alvarado♦
Sep 12 '13 at 5:48
1
1
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
This would be a good time to stop what you are doing. If it stops at a sector there is a good chance that the drive is damaged. Do a low-level copy with a clone tool and restore only from the copy.
– Pascal
Apr 10 '18 at 21:11
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good question.. actually it happened to me once, and that time I was unaware of any thing. I am much sure answer suggested by Luis Alvarado will work..
– Saurav Kumar
Sep 3 '13 at 15:54