Many recovery software that can be used for free. One of them is Test Disk 4.5 (http://www.cgsecurity.org), by Cristopher Grenier. You can find test disk on Hiren’s Boot CD and also avaiable Test Disk 6.11.3 for windows.

How to use Test Disk :

Unlike the Ubuntu Jaunty, you can install driver canon pixma libcupsys2 through synaptic. But in Ubuntu Karmic 9.10, you need to install it manually.

The following steps canon pixma driver installation:

• Download the printer drivers used in: http://software.canon-europe.com/products/0010647.asp