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I must point out:

'It still may be possible to restore a FAT or NTFS partition if a backup boot sector is available.'
from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_partitioning

And
NTFS found using backup sector, blocksize=4096, 219 GB / 204 GiB
from
Testdisk log (see first message)

Can this be of use to me:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Advanced ... MFT_Repair

Fiona, yes it is indeed the fact that the disk had originally a large partition and small partition.

Further more I recall that the disk was fragmented with an amout of 40%. So I think it is best to recover the partition with a method that also restores its structure. Also, if my info is right, it ...

Most interesting:

It's a biohazard, see:

'You may have disabled your live antivirus protection during the recovery to speed up the process, but it's recommended to scan the recovered files for viruses before opening them - PhotoRec may have undeleted an infected document or a trojan.'

Tanks for your quick reply.
The thing is I want to get all the files back
with folder structure (without structure most files have no meaning, just like a file from a folder of a saved website).

Such a little install does not overwright the whole disk right?
So the majority of files should be there ...

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Hi there,

In short I did an install of Ubuntu on a disk with two (three) partitions, ntfs, etx4 and swap.
After the install Ubuntu was there with the total disk reformatted. Obvious not what I wanted.
My question is: Is is possible and to get the old ntfs partition back ...