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Oh, sorry, I meant the C: disk on Ubuntu.

Alright, after I pick that, where do I go from there?

Here's what gdisk gives me.


How do I set the data as read-only? And does that require ubuntu to be installed, or is that still when it's running from the CD?

Okay, I'll try this next time I boot!

That fixed it, so now I'm actually able to boot the OS and everything is as it was before. Except one thing, now instead of just showing the C: drive, with...

http://paste.ubuntu.com/1288083/

Alright, installing it and going to run it in a sec!

Run what report? You mean post the results of the startup repair?

Alright, so after getting all the files out, I only have one final thing left to do, which is to repair / re-install the OS. I tried with the WIN7 ISO that I burned, and although it runs, it doesn't...

xubuntu@xubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Though testdisk once again showed the partitions as deleted, strangely enough, even though the System, Data, OS, and Recovery sections are showing up on my...

Okay, things are looking hopeful! Now that the partitions were undeleted, I went ahead and restarted, and now I can see the stuff from my other drive on there (somewhat, not sure if data can be...

Also, I selected "Data" and it said that there was no partition to recover or something and then sent me back to the "analyse" option.

Ah, okay. I guess I'll just sort through it all manually.

Testdisk shows all partitions as deleted again.

For some reason the files from the first run weren't in the second (or at least not in the first few files of the second) so that's why I was asking.

I really hope testdisk works.

Also, how...

Alright, well, I stopped it for now. The amount of files was getting to be overwhelming, so hopefully testdisk's deeper search will work.
With that I should be able to search for a specific folder...

Would it be possible for me to just stop photorec right now and let the files that have been recovered stay recovered and then just let testdisk run? Or is this not advised? Ideally I'd just use...

It looks like it didn't have enough space, and it had just started. What do I do now?
Edit: Actually, it looks like I was saving the recovered files to the desktop's external folder within the media...

Alright, I mounted my external hard drive and by chance managed to find where I had mounted it to in the directory because that thing was like a maze for me. Anyway, it's saying that it's finding...

Yes, I do. Alright, so just testdisk, or photorec? How do I decide between the two? I think the one I tried was Intel. Whichever was first.

Ah, looks like it still goes back to the original issue:
http://i46.tinypic.com/smwuph.png

I just tried turning it back on, and it works from the CD!
I'll be checking gparting and updating on what it shows in a second.

How am I supposed to access gparted if I can't run the Ubuntu live CD (or anything, for that matter) anymore?

oldfred- No, nothing boots anymore at all.

I have a Windows 7 ISO. But I've tried it before, an it couldn't access the hard drive. This time it probably won't even open.

Terrymary512- None of...

Okay, I closed down terminal after making everything primary, I shut down the laptop and removed the CD and then turned it back on. I only get the message "Machine Check Error," and when ai out the...

Oh, okay, so the problem is that all the partitions were deleted? That just means that they were made inaccessible, but they still exist, right?
How do I change them back, just hit "p" for each one...

I haven't changed labels, I actually have no idea how to do that.
It's got this now (at 64%)



Alright, update:
What do I do now? Select data? And just enter, none of the keys listed at the...

Alrighty. Testdisk one last time on the hard drive (/dev/sda) under Intel, I selected analyse
and then selected quick search, to which it gave me this:
"Should Testdisk search for partition...