I updated my iPad to iOS 8.3 and something or other failed, leading to a factory reset. I'd like to recover my files.
I found a couple Windows tools that apparently can do that, but either they can't install on the only Windows computer I have available at work (no admin privileges) or they're free trials that don't actually recover the files, just show that it can but want you to pay.
I have not found anything promising so far, besides using PhotoRec per this link: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/Recover_data_from_an_iPhone, which requires the iDevice to be jailbroken, which mine cannot be since it's 8.3 plus I want to keep overwriting to a minimum.
I'm running TahrPup, which is a Puppy "built from ubuntu 14.04 LTS trusty tahr packages" and can install from ubuntu's repositories/etc.