How to recover lost files (partition deleted/formatted)

[PleegWat]

On 21/05/2010 21:32, emigrant wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> no I just backed up my home directory.
> others gone. :(
> and not sure how the VM was using partition.
> I just installed the VM and allocated space within jaunty partition
> itself. (I think this is what you ask...)

Virtualbox, by default, stores its settings in ~/.Virtualbox, which is 
in your home directory. That means it is probably included in your backup.
Install and start virtualbox, and the XP VM will probably pop up in the 
VM list.

PleegWat