Need help recovering Windows 7 ASAP

How to use TestDisk to recover lost partition
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xTankJones16x
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Need help recovering Windows 7 ASAP

#1 Post by xTankJones16x »

Ok, LONG story short, my main HDD got wiped with Windows 7 on it, as well as all my files. It's a 1TB WD Black.

It now contains 50GB partitioned with Linux Mint on it, and the rest says "unallocated space". Though I'm not sure what it's partitioned as.

I ran testdisk overnight searching Intel/PC partition, and "Yes" under "Created in Vista". Came back with this:

(Image attached below)

I am now running a deeper search, but not sure if I'm doing what I need to do. Is there any way I can just get it back to like it was before installing Linux? Or worst case scenario, at least get my information back?

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Re: Need help recovering Windows 7 ASAP

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The screenshot is missing...

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