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[Tom <question77889@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77889 on grub in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+question/77889

    Status: Open => Answered

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

Note that if this has happened to your linux partitions then it might
well soon happen to your ntfs ones too so it's worth getting a new large
hard-drive to copy all your data onto.

Then i would be tempted to take the old drives to a local company
specialising in data recovery.  Tech support companies often advertise
that they support Windows but don't mention linux for a few good reasons
- notably because linux is less likely to go wrong in a way the user
can't fix themselves.  However, with data-recovery scenarios it's
usually much better to take it to a local company because they tend to
have the experience and the tools to do easily what might take most of
us months.  It can be expensive, so get a quote first and also see if
they give a discount for dealing with a linux system (probably not but
it might be worth asking  even just for the sake of humour).

If you are determined to do this yourself then GPart NOT GPartEd might
be helpful.

Good luck and take care!
Regards from
Tom :)

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