Guys, pa help naman. I accidentally reformatted my drive C eh may partition yun that contains important docs. Now, I'm using Linux Ubuntu, is there any way to recover my files?
Hi Friend,
Ubuntu (and Linux in general) offers some utility applications that can help recover accidentally deleted files in a partition that are caused by:
- accidentally formatting a partition
- accidentally deleting files
Here's the reading material:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery
REMINDERS: Just wanted to set proper expectations before you "pull the trigger". These are based on my experience (I accidentally formatted my 500GB drive a few months back).
1. Any data recovery utility software will only be successful if you did not further "touch" the affected partition. When we say "did not further touch" it means pinabayaan mo lang...hindi ka nag-reformat ulit (meaning isa pang format after mong ma-accidentally format yung partition), hindi ka nag-save ng file doon sa partition na accidentally na-delete, etc.
2. You need to have another storage space that is equal to or greater than the size of the deleted partition. For example, ang na-delete na partition ay 100GB. Kailangan mo ng isa pang 100GB storage space kung saan doon ise-save ang mga na-recover na files. Minsan kailangan greater than the original size ang extra space mo because recovery softwares can even restore old, old files.
3. Please don't expect recovery utilities to recover your files exactly the way they were. Ibig kong sabihin...for example may mga .jpeg files ka na ang mga names ay "photokoito001.jpg", "photokoito002.jpg", etc. Usually recovery utilities will just rename them as file0001, file0002, etc. You have to rename them yourself. Recovery Utilities can't do the impossible and they have limitations (hindi niya kayang mag-magic).
4. Not all compressed files are recovered properly. Also some ISO files (files with .iso file extension like mga Ubuntu Live CD installers) may not be recovered as ISO files but instead, it gets broken down into smaller .zip or .rar files. Medyo mababa ang pag-asa mo sa mga ISO files. This happened to me before, pero okay lang. Mas mahalaga pa rin yung mga documents, pictures, movies, and music ko. I can always download ISO files anyway.
5. Some files get incorrectly reported in terms of their file size. May mga audio and video files ako na nag-bloat yung size, where alam kong 3MB lang siya pero naging 1GB. Wala nang pag-asa yun, I just deleted them. Also some music files get broken down too. For example, a 3-minute song becomes only 20 seconds. Wala na ring pag-asa ito (sorry).
Nangyari na sa akin ito, sobrang antok ko kasi galing ako sa work and I accidentally deleted my entire 500GB Hard Drive. Yun pa naman ang hard drive ko na data files ang laman (work files, pictures, documents, movies, music, installers, etc.). 100% recovered siya.
Meron din pang-Windows na mga ganito, marami sa Internet nagkalat lang.
One Windows-based utility I would recommend naman is EASUS Data Recovery Wizard Professional.
Best of luck!
