Recuva was recommended to me by two people at the "Linux Mint" website who are trying to help me, but after reading a lot of instructions and forum posts, I have no idea if this is what I need, or how to use it. I tried to install Linux on my Wndows XP computer along WITH Windows, and somehow ended up with Linux, but no Windows. Since this is a new installation, it would not bother me a bit to erase Linux, because I can reinstall it easily. My problem is that all information, (files, charts, etc. etc.) is in the old Windows XP which no longer shows up when I try to find it.
If you think that there is any hope for me to recover files from a hard drive that has been loaded with Linux, I will need instructions aimed at a computer novice as to how to do it. I'll need to know if I can use a USB stick or another hard drive, how to start, what to do, etc. etc.
The hard drive is a 40GB in an old Dell desktop, and Windows XP stuff occupied less than half of the space before I loaded Linux (I don't use the computer to play games, etc. just to store information on stocks, balance sheets, and that sort of thing).
If you think this is possible, and you would like more information, I would be happy to provide links to the many discussions I've been having with the people at Linux Mint's website, which is very similar to this one.
Oh yeah; my name is "Bo".
