please help to get my data back

[techmaniac]

hello every one
i m newbie on linux forum
please help me

i was using win xp on my computer till today morning
I was having 4 partition
c:\, d:\, e:\, f:\


but i think to install ubuntu 10.04 on my pc

then when i install it then i saw, it is showing only "file system" of space 66 gb(as my hard disk is of 80gb).
and my previous data which were in d,e,f drive when i was using xp
is lost

so please help me to get my data back ,
there were important projects of mine which were shown tomorrow in college


so please help me

[nujinini]

...i was using win xp on my computer till today morning I was having 4 partition
c:\, d:\, e:\, f:\


but i think to install ubuntu 10.04 on my pc

then when i install it then i saw, it is showing only "file system" of space 66 gb(as my hard disk is of 80gb).
and my previous data which were in d,e,f drive when i was using xp
is lost...

Hi & welcome,

Can you please boot using ubuntu live CD and post the outputs of

$ sudo fdisk -l
$ sudo df -h

Good luck!

[oz]

Hello and welcome!

The best tools that I'm aware of for recovering partition tables and data are TestDisk and PhotoRec. You can find both apps on the Parted Magic LiveCD, and instructions for using each app on their respective web pages.

[devils casper]

If you have installed Ubuntu over Windows OS partitions then chances of data recovery are very low. Installer has formatted partition(s) and installed Ubuntu on it.

As nujinini already suggested, boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and execute this in Terminal

sudo fdisk -l

Post output here.

* It's small L in fdisk -l.

[Rubberman]

Sigh... This is a lesson often learned expostfacto (after the sh!t has hit the rapidly rotating air moving device). Before you install a new OS on your computer that contains all of your precious personal, or professional, data, BACK UP THE ENTIRE DISC!!! This has saved my personal/professional bacon more times than I care to count.

[techmaniac]

@rubberman

i faced this situation first time in my career thats why didnt backup the disc
but i will surely back up my all data in future

but what the hell, with my these data
i m very SAD, as some family pics were in disc and some of my 2k-3k line of programming codes


and to others

sir i dint get you which type of code u r saying to give output
I have first time used Linux and face this situation

so please precisely explain what i have to do for getting my data back.

and for your kind info
i would like to say ubuntu is already installed on my pc so why to insert ubuntu cd in pc??

[devils casper]

Booting up from OS installed in Hard disk will further increase the chances of data loss. Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and look for Terminal in Menu.
Open Terminal and type this code :

sudo fdisk -l

Post output of above command here.

** It's small L in fdisk -l.

[oz]

so please precisely explain what i have to do for getting my data back.

and for your kind info
i would like to say ubuntu is already installed on my pc so why to insert ubuntu cd in pc??

You may, or may not be, able to get any of it back. That remains to be seen.

However, the more you manipulate files through various means on the partitions in question, the less likely that any recovery tool will ever be able to get it back for you.

[techmaniac]

Booting up from OS installed in Hard disk will further increase the chances of data loss. Boot up from Ubuntu LiveCD and look for Terminal in Menu.
Open Terminal and type this code :

sudo fdisk -l

Post output of above command here.

** It's small L in fdisk -l.

Sir can u show me some pics throw which i can easily get what i have to do

and
u r saying in your first line that
booting up from os installed in HD will increase the loss of data
so for above reason u r saying to boot up from Livecd

and i will post the code tomorrow

plz dont mind for my many post
as i m new to linux and dont know a single word of its thats why i did a mistake result in loss of data

Please help me till you can i will definitely try to post output tomorrow

and please tell how can i open terminal

[techmaniac]

You may, or may not be, able to get any of it back. That remains to be seen.

However, the more you manipulate files through various means on the partitions in question, the less likely that any recovery tool will ever be able to get it back for you.

sir from yesterday when i faced this problem

i didnt open my Pc .

so there is no question left to manipulate files on hd

but as other members are saying i will show the output

because they r senior members and i hope they will help me in getting my data back

i didnt Loose my hope yet