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[Tom <question76319@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #76319 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76319

Tom proposed the following answer:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DataRecovery

Yup, its totally vital to stop using that 160Gb drive at all until you've been able to do some data recovery from it.  I would physically unplug that drive completely.  You can install Ubuntu as a dual-boot on the same drive as your Windows using these 2 guides
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

then install gpart to the Ubuntu by going up to the top taskbar and
clicking on

System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager

use either search tool to find "gpart" right click and install then
click on the "Apply" button.  Gpart should be able to help you
reconstruct the partition table on the 160Gb drive and thus recover your
data but even then it would be wise to avoid making any writes to the
160Gb drive, just read off it and copy all the data to a safer place.

Really tho, given the givens i would seriously consider either counting
this data as lost or else pay a professional data-recovery service to do
the job for you.  It's not easy and they will charge a lot but it's
about the only way to recover the data unless you have backups or can
rework it from original sources.  You could wrap the hard-drive in foil
and keep the drive for a better time, such as after you've become mere
experienced with linux or had time to practice some of the techniques.

Good luck with this, sorry to hear about the loss :(
Regards from
Tom

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