(copied from another forum location)
Okay, so long story short I recently tried installing Ubuntu dual boot with my Windows installation as I had done with a previous system. I somehow failed to notice I had whole disk selected rather than the option for partition. Well. Obviously it wiped my whole disk along with my Windows 8 installation. I aborted the Ubuntu install progress right away and shut down, of course it was too late to save everything.
I resorted to Testdisk. It was able to find my C: (windows) and M: partitions, which I am able to restore in order to copy and access my data, but not simultaneously. It must be only C: (Acer) or M: at a time.
At this point my data is safe. My only concern now is fixing the Windows installation, I had neglected to create a recovery drive until after this headache transpired, and that was done with my friends Dell machine. I do not have any Windows 8 discs or drives, nor do I know how to aquire it without purchasing, which is not an option.
I suppose I'd like to know if I'm going to be able to boot Windows again, using testdisk to restore the proper partition table setup and (I don't need M:, it's been backed up)
I cannot restore or refresh the system via the recovery Usb created on the other pc as it reports the drive is locked.
Laptop is an Aspire V5-552p-x440.
I'm doing this from my phone, if any additional information is needed that I missed I'd be glad to provide. Apologies on the messy post.
Note : I cannot access Acer Recovery
Okay, so long story short I recently tried installing Ubuntu dual boot with my Windows installation as I had done with a previous system. I somehow failed to notice I had whole disk selected rather than the option for partition. Well. Obviously it wiped my whole disk along with my Windows 8 installation. I aborted the Ubuntu install progress right away and shut down, of course it was too late to save everything.
I resorted to Testdisk. It was able to find my C: (windows) and M: partitions, which I am able to restore in order to copy and access my data, but not simultaneously. It must be only C: (Acer) or M: at a time.
At this point my data is safe. My only concern now is fixing the Windows installation, I had neglected to create a recovery drive until after this headache transpired, and that was done with my friends Dell machine. I do not have any Windows 8 discs or drives, nor do I know how to aquire it without purchasing, which is not an option.
I suppose I'd like to know if I'm going to be able to boot Windows again, using testdisk to restore the proper partition table setup and (I don't need M:, it's been backed up)
I cannot restore or refresh the system via the recovery Usb created on the other pc as it reports the drive is locked.
Laptop is an Aspire V5-552p-x440.
I'm doing this from my phone, if any additional information is needed that I missed I'd be glad to provide. Apologies on the messy post.
Note : I cannot access Acer Recovery
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Acer Aspire V5-552P-X440
- CPU
- AMD Quad-Core A10-5757M + Turbocore 3.5GHZ
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes Antimalware Pro