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I tried to install a linux on a partition I made and couldn't complete the process due to some technical problems. I then aborted the installation and went back into booting via windows 8. Now the partition i had reserved for linux is greyed out and i am looking for a solution to get it back.

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  • You need to get the data back or just the partition back to NTFS so that windows can recognize it?
    – Davidenko
    Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 12:01
  • The partition is still there. Windows just doesn't know what in the world it is.
    – Ohnana
    Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 17:00

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There are many disk partitioning softwares that can help you.

The easiest way to get your partition back is to run live linux CD/DVD if you have it and start GParted or some other partition software that is on live CD and format partition back to NTFS.

Also there is Ext2Fsd - a Windows file system driver for the Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 file systems. It allows Windows to read Linux file systems natively, providing access to the file system via a drive letter that any program can access.

There are applications that can read linux partitions like DiskInternals Linux Reader or Ext2explore.

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