Help me, please! This is my Reddit thread. This is a crisis.

If you cannot provide me tech support, then please share this post for signal boosting.

Thank you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/1pqairt/linux_partition_crisis_i_need_data_recovery_help/

@crowgirl having been in this position before, I would say the first thing to do, before anything, is image that drive. Use dd or something to make a copy of it before doing anything. That way you can try risky things without worrying.
@90sScriptKiddiw I really hate to do this. But can you point me to instructions for doing that?

@crowgirl Scroll down to the "Making disk image with dd using live CD/DVD or USB pen drive" on this page:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/unix-linux-dd-create-make-disk-image-commands/

@crowgirl If you get stuck or anything hit me up and I'll do what I can to help, I'm around for the next couple of hours and more or less all day tomorrow. I'm not a Linux expert but I've been running a Debian server for a few years and have gotten out of my share of jams.