I recently compressed a whole username(I think the file was DeveloperBackup and I think the extention was .gz but I'M not certain) in ubuntu and I had one copy of the file on my ubuntu laptop and one on my external HD. I know this sounds really stupid of me and it is, but I accidently deleted both copies. I'M pretty sure the copy on the laptop can not be recovered since I just overwrote it with Windows. The one on the external HD was deleted while pluged into my Windows desktop. So I can the program testdisk - photorec_win.exe and seleced the external HD as my tarted. It has retrieved a mountain of files but I have yet to get the file DevloperBackup.gz or anything clole to. This stupid removal was very recent. Any ideas or suggestions? Also, when removing files from an external HD, should I be looking there for retrival or from the desktop that gave the DELETE command? Thanks for any and all replies.

search both drivers ,even the one you recently installed window on ,i have use Free Recuva program with success in the past .
http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download

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