Recovering data after emptying trash

Question

I saw something unusual on my desktop. I deleted it and never saw that I emptied my whole laptop drive, further I emptied the trash moments later. When I noticed it, I tried to recover using Testdisk, seeing How to recover deleted files? and with help of this site: https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-recover-lost-damaged-data-with-testdisk/

There was no partition in my disk. I started testdisk with creating logfile.`

elect a media (use Arrow keys, then press Enter):
>Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 Disk /dev/sdb - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - Seagate Portable
 Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root - 995 GB / 927 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 Disk /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-swap_1 - 4064 MB / 3876 MiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 Disk /dev/dm-0 - 995 GB / 927 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 Disk /dev/dm-1 - 4064 MB / 3876 MiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
 Disk /dev/loop0 - 66 MB / 63 MiB (RO)
 Disk /dev/loop1 - 521 MB / 496 MiB (RO)
 Disk /dev/loop10 - 470 MB / 448 MiB (RO)
 Disk /dev/loop11 - 524 KB / 512 KiB (RO)
>[Previous]  [  Next  ]  [Proceed ]  [  Quit  ]

I chose >Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100

I got `

Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
Please select the partition table type, press Enter when done.
>[Intel  ] Intel/PC partition
 [EFI GPT] EFI GPT partition map (Mac i386, some x86_64...)
 [Humax  ] Humax partition table
 [Mac    ] Apple partition map (legacy)
 [None   ] Non partitioned media
 [Sun    ] Sun Solaris partition
 [XBox   ] XBox partition
 [Return ] Return to disk selection

` I chose Intel and got

`

Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100
     CHS 121601 255 63 - sector size=512
 [ Analyse  ] Analyse current partition structure and search for lost partitions
>[ Advanced ] Filesystem Utils
 [ Geometry ] Change disk geometry
 [ Options  ] Modify options
 [ MBR Code ] Write TestDisk MBR code to first sector
 [ Delete   ] Delete all data in the partition table
 [ Quit     ] Return to disk selection

`

On Analyse I got `

Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63 Current partition structure: Partition Start End Size in sectors

1 * Linux 0 32 33 62 53 55 997376 2 E extended 62 86 23 121601 57 56 1952522242 5 L Linux LVM 62 86 25 121601 57 56 1952522240

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It was dead-end, it asked nothing to do there. So I got to the previous screen and chose Advaned

It gave me `

Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63
     Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors
> 1 * Linux                    0  32 33    62  53 55     997376
  2 E extended                62  86 23 121601  57 56 1952522242
  5 L Linux LVM               62  86 25 121601  57 56 1952522240
 [  Type  ]  [Superblock]  [Undelete] >[Image Creation]  [  Quit  ]

'

On choosing the 2nd part > Extended I got only these option: `

Partition                  Start        End    Size in sectors
  1 * Linux                    0  32 33    62  53 55     997376
> 2 E extended                62  86 23 121601  57 56 1952522242
  5 L Linux LVM               62  86 25 121601  57 56 1952522240
 [  Type  ] >[Image Creation]  [  Quit  ]

`

It did not show which files to recover, so I selected to create image of the partition, which gave me `

Please select where to store the file image.dd (999691 MB), an image of the partition Keys: Arrow keys to select another directory C when the destination is correct Q to quit Directory /home/alpha >drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 10-Oct-2023 15:49 . drwxr-xr-x 0 0 4096 28-Aug-2022 23:19 .. drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 28-Jun-2023 18:41 Documents drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 12288 7-Oct-2023 15:22 Downloads drwxrwxr-x 1000 1000 4096 17-Sep-2023 21:30 Eternal hard disk drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 28-Aug-2022 23:30 Music drwxrwxr-x 1000 1000 4096 29-Sep-2023 20:43 Para drwxr-xr-x 1000 1000 4096 28-Aug-2022 23:30 Videos drwx------ 1000 1000 4096 5-Aug-2023 23:18 snap -rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 1037917997 12-Dec-2022 08:32 Heat1995[13gb].mp4 -rw-rw-r-- 1000 1000 66719 10-Oct-2023 15:49 Screenshot from 2023-10-10 1 -rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 1751858879 6-Oct-2023 22:11 The.Drop.2014.m720p.rar -rw-rw-r-- 1000 1000 267 6-Oct-2023 22:11 The.Drop.2014.m720p.rar.aria -rw-r--r-- 1000 1000 1187407 20-Oct-2022 10:07 hrmd2022654.pdf -rw-rw-r-- 1000 1000 4942 10-Oct-2023 17:07 testdisk.log

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This is where I am facing two problems:

It is said not to copy files to the same location where it belonged, so I wanted to copy the files to an external hard drive. My external hard drive it connected to my laptop but the list doesn't show it. So I cannot choose it.
I don't have an empty 1TB External HDD ready in my hands to copy that image.

So what to to?

Note: I did not use the drive to copy other files, so nothing is overwritten. I just downloaded Testdisk.

Edit 1: I never had to use passcode to open my folders. or used any to my laptop drive. I only have to give password when opening my laptop ie when the ubuntu screen comes.

"Encryption would require you to enter a passphrase when you turn the computer on, before the login password." -- No such passphrase was required for me before user login password.

Edit 2: "What happens if you choose option "5 L Linux LVM"? It may give you more options with folders and files." -- Nothing other than the imaging option.

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Disk /dev/sda - 1000 GB / 931 GiB - CHS 121601 255 63

Partition Start End Size in sectors 1 * Linux 0 32 33 62 53 55 997376 2 E extended 62 86 23 121601 57 56 1952522242 > 5 L Linux LVM 62 86 25 121601 57 56 1952522240

[ Type ] >[Image Creation] [ Quit ]

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Recovering data after emptying trash

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