Lost Documents and Photos and desktop files and folders

[Karl Larsen]

Matthew Flaschen wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Perhaps not the exact same directory but still there.
>>     
>
> His /home files wouldn't just get up and walk around.  It seems fairly
> clear he erased his drive.
>
>  If he let
>   
>> the partition be reset for a new load then it's all gone and nothing can 
>> be done.
>>     
>
> That's *NOT* true.  There are still data recovery options.
>
> Matt Flaschen
>
>   
    The problem is he HAS done something. He has reformat the hard disk 
partition, ie: put a new file system on it, and then loaded a whole new 
Ubuntu on top of it. The likely result of an expensive disk search will 
be fragments of his old data, if anything.

    I would say it is wasted money.

Karl


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