Data recovery after formatting?

Question

i used to have win xp as operating system,then i installed ubuntu on my hard...beside the xp...suddenly,no ubuntu or xp are there...and i want my data on the hard disk...the win xp can`t read my hard now cuz it`s ubntu file system..and i don't know if my data is there or not...can any body help me to recover my data?how can i do that?

its 80 GB of data ppl :(((

Answer 1

If it suddenly when bad then you're probably looking at a hard disk failure :( Boot off your Ubuntu Live CD and copy whatever you can onto a USB drive.  

Answer 2

Use another bootable media (CD or floppy) to start the PC and see if you can read the har drive.  

Answer 3

Time to refer the matter to a speciallist recovery firm.

You may simply have a problem with the boot loader, but it depends upon what you did when you installed Ubunto as to what is left of the WIndows system.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

You can try to recover your files with Easy Drive Data Recovery software:

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It uses unique modern algorithms to recover files that other software either recovers incorrectly or is unable to detect.