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Testdisk linux mint6/21/2023 You will not be able to recover your Windows installation, as this was overwritten by Ubuntu. ![]() If you are not able to recover from an image of your overwritten drive (this will need an external drive with more than double the free space than your laptop's hard drive) you need to save all your data on an external drive soon after recovery. ![]() with Nautilus) to be able to store recovered data later.įollow the concise step by step guide on the Testdisk Wiki which will help you to recover lost partitions. Mount your external backup drive in the live session (e.g. Then install testdisk with: sudo apt install testdisk Updating your apt cache in a terminal by first pressing Ctrl+ Alt+ T and then typing: sudo apt update You can't recover the data on the same drive.īoot your Ubuntu LiveCD ("Try Ubuntu") and then install testdisk by:Īdding the "Universe" repository to your software sources (from Ubuntu system settings > Software & updates) Please have an external drive ready to save your recovered data before you proceed. You can temporarily install testdisk on a live session too (however this will then not be a permanent installation). You may however be able to recover your partitions with testdisk but you may not be able to recover all of your data.
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