Can I use a recovery disk created on a Lenovo to recover windows 8.1 Toshiba Satellite. The Lenovo is also windows 8.1. I recently accidentally installed Linux Mint on the hard drive and removed windows. I have extremely important data on I need for school.
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"I have extremely important data on I need for school." Not any more. Restore disks typically are tailored to specific hardware, so there's no guarentee it would work, and chances are pretty 'good' you lost your data.– Journeyman Geek ♦Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:28
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The *restore disk" contains only information about installed software. To recover files you would need something like GetDataBack, which work by trying to find "file-like-chunks" in the file system. But you "accidentally" managed to change the file system AND overwrite huge part of the physical media. So .. in short: there is almost no chance that you can recover any files.– tereskoCommented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:41
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Did you run Lenovos Backup and Restore on Windows a) to create the restore media an b) to create a backup?– hakreCommented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:44
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@hakre no I didn't do n e thing yet, am asking first– user537772Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:45
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Could test disk be used to some how restore the windows partition? It was portioned before, as I said with both Ubuntu and windows– user537772Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:46
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You can always recover a computer to Windwos 8.1 cd with a "New Installation".
There is only one problem. If you have installed Linux Mint on the Harddrive-Partion where your Windwos 8.1 system was, you maybe will not get the data back.
Always when you install a new operating system on your Computer, the OS before and the data gets deleted.
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And once the data gets deleted, it can't be recovered!? Not even by professional recovery service? Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:33
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Recuva and many other free datarecover tools are ideal for that alternativeto.net/software/recuva Commented Dec 27, 2015 at 14:45