I used Ubuntu via Live CD on my lenovo laptop which had Windows 8.1 installed on it. Then I decided to install Ubuntu and while doing that I accidentally click next when it said wipe Windows and install Ubuntu, after which my whole HDD got formatted in some weird partition and all my data (250 GB) got lost.
So I tried putting my HDD in an external case and connecting it to another laptop to recover my data with software like (Get Data Back) but when I connected my laptop HDD to another computer and went to management page to initialize the disk it keeps showing data redundancy error
, I've tried every single way to get my HDD showing on windows but its not working. Although it still shows in Ubuntu which means my HDD is in good state, so can someone please tell me how to get my Windows partition back so that I can recover my data ?
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which may help. Initializing the drive under Windows will not help your effort and is likely to reduce your chances. Cease using the drive if you wish to recover data from it. You may wish to look here: askubuntu.com/questions/463076/… or here: help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery