Recover NTFS filesystem

[kmarinis88]

Ok, I am a Ubuntu noobie yet, so I just installed Ubuntu 10.10 a couple of days ago and used my whole hard drive.

Thing is, I decided that although I loved Ubuntu, I stll want to have dual-boot for some cases.. But now that the disks filesystem is not NTFS, Windows cannot regognise the disk as installable and cannot convert the filesystem. Gosh, Windows is a piece of junk, but I still need them for some occasions...

Any help here would be much appreciated! Tnx in advance... :D

[Mark Phelps]

There are threads you can find if you search for "testdisk" -- which SOME folks have had success using recovering NTFS filesystems.

I, however, have NOT had such success.

I have found that the best products for recovering NTFS partitions are made by Runtime Software and are known as GetDataBack for NTFS and Recover My Files. You can go to their website and download trial versions of each.

You will need an MS Windows machine on which to install these.

You will also need to remove your drive and plug it into that machine as an external drive.

Then, install and run the product you downloaded. It will show you what it found and what the chances are of full recovery.

You will have to BUY the product to do actual recovery.

Your machine ... your money ... your choice.