I installed Ubuntu on the wrong partition, and lost a lot of important data. What can I do to recover as much of the lost data as possible? I already booted into a live USB and I have read that it is good to use Foremost, but I don't really know how to use it. So I'd be really grateful for some guidance.
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To minimise the risk:
- Do not boot the system
- Use a live system and mount the device as read only
There are certain data recovering programs (list on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_recovery_software).
This software will not recover all data (because it is overwritten) and file names might be wrong. But it's better than nothing.
To prevent this happening again it is always recommended to make images of your important volumes.
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