Removed Kubuntu without uninstalling it right, now have unallocated partition to merge with DATA (D:)

How to use TestDisk to recover lost partition
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LucasCampbell
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Removed Kubuntu without uninstalling it right, now have unallocated partition to merge with DATA (D:)

#1 Post by LucasCampbell »

I had installed Kubuntu, and I do not remember how I removed it but it was not the correct way as I have corrupted Linux files when analysing my drive with TestDisk.
I am not very informed on these things, so I'm not 100% sure how to use TestDisk.
I made a 195 GB partition for Kubuntu when going through installation, and since I removed Kubuntu, that partition has been unallocated and I cannot make a new simple volume with it, as it claims there is not enough space on the partition to make it.
I would like to make it a NTFS, healthy partition that I can then merge with my other partition on the drive to give myself a lot more space.
I do not quite understand what the partition characteristics mean, especially deleted. If you could inform me in your reply, that would be great!

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This might be the unallocated partition in question that is unrecoverable but I cannot tell.
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This is after analysis. I cannot list the files of the linux filesys. data partition as it is corrupted.
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Re: Removed Kubuntu without uninstalling it right, now have unallocated partition to merge with DATA (D:)

#2 Post by recuperation »

This forum is about data recovery using the Testdisk package and the general use of Testdisk. For questions regarding partitioning and formatting please have a look somewhere else. Thank you!

LucasCampbell
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Re: Removed Kubuntu without uninstalling it right, now have unallocated partition to merge with DATA (D:)

#3 Post by LucasCampbell »

I'm not quite sure where to go then, I'd like to recover the partition that I had Kubuntu in.

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