On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Jose Legido <j...@legido.com> wrote:
Based on what I see, I am going to take a stab in the dark here. It looks > like you originally had an Ubuntu/Windows dual-boot setup, is this correct? > Then you tried for a tripple-boot setup of Ubuntu/WIndows/Debian, correct? > > Yes, all correct > > I'm going to assume yes here for the sake of explination. If that is the > case, then very likely, your Debain install used your windows partitions. > the 'file-s' command we suggested to you (thanks to Arno for catching my > typo) tastes every partition and prints the FS type as output, I do see an > MSDOS partition, you can try mounting that somewhere to look at it, but > there are no NTFS partitions listed, unless you installed Windows elsewhere > on a different drive, it doesn't exist here ... Are you still able to boot > into Ubuntu? > > The windows partition is sda1. The FAT32 partition is a small partition in > laptop to recovery system with original cds. > I can't boot into ubuntu :( > I think debian installation (may be my fingers.....) marks sda1 as LVM > Any program to recovery data? > > Thanks! > There are forensic recovery tools available, I cannot speak to them as I have never used them. Maybe someone else on this list could point you in that direction. In the future you might want to boot a Linux LiveCD first and see how a new kernel see's your drives, just to make sure you select the correct devices. If your installing from a Live Environment then then bonus, because you can taste the partitions and install all from the same environment. -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
