Hello everybody,
I used to have a perfectly running Ubuntu 14.04 until the disaster has struck due to my ignorance and now I"ve lost my "Downloads" folder - 40GB without any trace.
I ran Testdisk on the hard drive (160Gb) and I've got the message:
" Hidden sectors are present.
size 312500000 sectors
user_max 312500000 sectors
native_max 312500000 sectors
dc0 312500000 sectors
Drive Configuration Overlay (DCO) present.
Continue even if there are hidden data. "
This very hidden data is the data I need to recover and Testdisk cannot access it.
How I got here: I tried to tidy up my Ubuntu 14.04 and from "Home" folder I had deleted some "unnecessary" folders like "Public", "Templates", "Examples" and I've renamed others.
Then I tried to do the same with the "Downloads" folder, but when I wanted to open it, I got the message: " the folder contains unreadable data and the content cannot be displayed"; however I had opened it before I've played with the "Home" folders!!
Next I've restarted the computer but the "Downloads" folder couldn't be found - it disappeared without any trace; however the free space on the hard drive has been increased by 40 GB the size of this folder.
Now my "Downloads" folder became the hidden data!!
What can I do? Please help me!
Thank you very much,
Andrew
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