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Have you ever gotten that horrible feeling? The one you get when you realize that you accidentally deleted files and it’s not even in the trash? Often it is immediately preceded by denial: I know I have another copy of it somewhere.

You need to install the TestDisk tool first. Most Linux distributions already have this tool in their official repository. In Ubuntu and other Ubuntu-based Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, elementary OS etc, you can use the command below to install TestDisk:

sudo apt install testdisk

Arch Linux users can install it from AUR. You can download it for other Linux distributions from the link below:

https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

Run TestDisk in the terminal using the command below:

testdisk

When you open it, you’ll see something that looks like this. Be patient! The interface is actually straightforward but you do have to carefully read the text. Use the arrow keys to navigate and “enter” to select.

Now, at this point, if you’re lucky, you should see your drive. And you can proceed to the last steps. But let’s assume you’re not, that you have, say, a multi-boot machine. In this case, ownerships can get blurry, and Testdisk needs your permission to open them.

Testdisk has again selected the correct setting. This makes sense since a simple storage device is seldom partitioned. Again hit enter.

And finally, we have to do a little thinking to do. If you read the first screen, this program isn’t just for recovering deleted files. It’s a powerful disk utility. But if we remember what we’re trying to do the choice is fairly obvious: we’re not trying to fix a disk, we’re trying to recover a file. Select “Advanced” and hit “enter”.

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