Finally I can backup my Ubuntu Buzz screenshots as well as sales data.PhotoRec also has a graphical user interface (GUI) available to make photo recovery easier (Image credit: CGSecurity) I just need contents of my Documents (99% success) and Pictures (100% success) - because my business and teaching data were there (including my GnuPG key). Files and folders recovered in the destination folder.īelow are my recovered folders and files. Once finished, the screen will say ' Copy done!'. The screen will say ' Copying, please wait. I press C to process the recovery and save the files in the destination. I choose a destination folder within my HDD filesystem. I press Shift+C, now my Home file system appears. I select a file by pressing colon ( : ) key, the file goes GREEN. I navigate to the directory and files I want to recover. List of directories appears from that deleted partition.įinally, I copy and paste, copy a deleted folder from deleted partition, and paste it to my laptop hard disk drive. Once finished, list of partitions appear. This is to see the files and folders which are supposed to be deleted or wiped out. Name of the deleted drive appears with list of commands underneath. Select if the Hint says Intel, continue - choose accordingly. List of drives appear including the deleted drive. Read carefully text on bottom every time you select a thing.Īdd the program Testdisk first to your computer. Red and green text mean unselected and selected, respectively. Press colon ( : ) key to select one file/folder. Press P and Shift+C and C to list files, Copy selected files, and recover them, respectively. Press Enter and Q to go next and go back, respectively. If you don't, you ask a friend who does.You have basic ability of Terminal's command lines.You understand your own filesystem (directory structure, folder names, hidden files, addresses of your disk partitions, etc.).That's really nice and now is my chance to do it too! Please keep in mind that recovery does not guarantee 100% success and results may vary between us - so do this at your own consent and responsibility. I want to test the Testdisk Tool as many of my friends said using it they managed to recover their hard disks by 100%, 90%, or 80% or so. My data inside were Kubuntu operating system and thousands of files (yes, I installed OS not within HDD but simply USB flash drive).

I deliberately sacrificed my 'hard disk' (a 32GB EXT2 USB flash disk drive actually) by doing resizing and experienced fatal failure.

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