

Regardless of the file system on the drive. One of the best data recovery programs available and it is free.ĭdrescue works by extracting a raw image of your hard drive and It already comes with a wholeĪrray of data recovery tools. The RAW scan mode can locate the files without the aid of file system. RAW recovery means to read files without reference to any operating system. But as I said its better not to allocate, just to make it easier. > HPFS - NTFS 22241 107 11 55592 3 27 535777280įirst you shouldn't allocate it, but even if you do, with RAW recovery it doesn't matter. The following partitions can't be recovered: If any clarification required please do comment ,i will add it.Įdit: TestDisk deeper search results. Since my first doubt is to allocate it or not. It looks a duplicate but i can't confirm if the OP got it right. I am currently trying the answer seen here with Testdisk scanning for partition second time, hoping to recover it. Third ,does Testdisk requires deleted partition to be allocated for its recovery.

Second, i really need to recover data from this drive so please give me possible suggestions and proven methods of data recovery. I am currently in sda with Ubuntu and Win7 in dual boot, which enables me to use it as Safe recovery option rather then Live USB drive.įirst, should i allocate it to ? file-System for better recovery. And that 255 GB NTFS partition was cross platform storage drive. This sdb is my secondary drive with Xubuntu and Kubuntu on it. I tried Testdisk, but it shows entire partitions created from the beginning.

Upon realizing the deletion I haven't yet created any file-system on it. I accidentally deleted a NTFS 255 GB partition using Gparted, and yes it contains LOTS of important data.
