I have a dual-boot system with Ubuntu and Windows OS. Additionally, I have a second hard drive connected (/dev/sdb), with an NTFS partition and just data on it (no operating system).
My GRUB boot menu shows one entry for Ubuntu and, for some unknown reason, two entries for Windows (one on /dev/sda1 and one on /dev/sda2). I have always booted Windows by the /dev/sda1 entry but this time accidentally chose /dev/sda2 entry. During that Windows boot chkdsk wanted to check my hard drive(s) for some inconsistency and said it successfully fixed some problems.
Unfortunately, it apparently erased all data on my NTFS data drive /dev/sdb without noticed prior warning. All my data on that drive has been erased and the only files/directories left on that drive are:
- bootsqm.dat
- pagefile.sys
- System Volume Information
- $RECYCLE.BIN
- found.000 (empty)
Does anybody maybe have an idea how to recover my data? Do I need to repair some partition table maybe?
I have tried a few recovery programs already such as Recuva on Windows or Photorec on Linux. Unfortunately, they just list a bunch of files (>2.5 Mio.) without associated file path. Is there any better solution that also recovers the directory structure?
Would very much appreciate help to recover my precious data :-(
Thanks a lot!
