thank you so much. I have a problem with the request though. I only have windows now running ubuntu through wsl and I am not well versed through the command line. Could you give me some further direction?
Flash the .iso image to a USB pen drive and boot from it. It has all the system rescue tools.
It boots giving you a bash shell with root privileges; tread carefully and don't do anything that you don't understand
You will need:
1. lsblk to see all the block devices and the partitions on it -- let's say your device is /dev/sdb
2. smartctl to dump the SMART parameters of your drive e.g. sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb
3. parted to list the partition details e.g. sudo parted -l to list the partition details of all the block devices (see below -- sample output from my laptop)
4. Depending on the file system, you must use the appropriate recovery tool. If it is NTFS then follow the instructions on the screenshot you have posted.
Good luck.
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$ sudo parted -l
Model: ATA ST2000LX001-1RG1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 274MB 273MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, hidden, esp
2 274MB 290MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
3 290MB 255GB 255GB Basic data partition msftdata
4 255GB 256GB 1049MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
7 256GB 291GB 34.6GB xfs kubuntu_2404
5 291GB 299GB 8598MB linux-swap(v1) swap
6 299GB 2000GB 1701GB xfs
Model: Lexar USB Flash Drive (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 16.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 16.0GB 16.0GB primary fat32 lba
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