Step #3: Select the Recovery DriveĪfter you choose the “Create” option in the previous step, the terminal will display all available storage devices currently connected to your computer. In other words, choose the “Create” option. In our case, we want to create a new testdisk.log file.

No log – You should choose this option if you don’t wish to create any new testdisk.log file in your current session.

Append – This option will allow you to append new data to an already existing testdisk.log file.

Create – This option will help you create a new testdisk.log file.

Consequently, it will ask you to select one of the following three options: The output of this command will give you a brief introduction to TestDisk, and show you important information regarding the creation of a testdisk.log file. Step #2: Create a testdisk.log Fileīefore you start the file recovery process, you need to run the TestDisk utility on your Linux device and create a “teskdisk.log” file. First, to run TestDisk on your computer, execute this command in the Terminal: $ testdisk If the TestDisk has been successfully installed on your computer, this command’s execution will show the version of the application. To confirm its installation, use any one of the following two commands and execute it: With this, the TestDisk utility should be installed in your device within a few minutes, which will be visible from the Terminal.

After that, you have to type the password for sudo to authorize the installation of the TestDisk utility.

Next, type and execute this command: $ sudo apt-get install testdisk.

Press on the “CTRL + Alt + T” keys on your keyboard to open the “Terminal.”.

To recover your lost Ubuntu partition and the files in it, you need to install the TestDisk Utility on your Linux device first.

Step #1: Install the TestDisk Utility on Your Computer

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