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i got new toy (plugcomputer) can boot sd cards. wife's laptop has got sd card reader built in borrowed , booted ubuntu livecd reassuring nothing possibly go wrong.

anyway, cut long story short used fdisk , ran 'mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda2' instead of 'mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb2' , accidentally wiped ntfs windows partition (boot/documents etc.). has no backup , i'm not getting christmas presents if don't sorted.

i've had read on forums wanted ask personal situation. using livecd, didn't install on formatted partition because realised straight after , on reboot machine says operating system not found in theory other damage caused formatting process should still there.

best thing me in situation? possible restore partition ntfs , continue if nothing has happened? fdisk when format ext3?

advice gratefully received.

you need run recovery software using surface scan. can recover important documents way easily. run os on drive if have 1. otherwise gotta stick in box. post if need more help. btw, recover files, wont make system work again, can recover important.

edit: thought maybe if had linux installed on usb that, since writable can install proper tools np.


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