Thanks for your reply.But I formatted that partition just an hour ago (sad .... I lost my data) I would have tried this if you have replied me a bit earlier. Thanks, Satya
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Sumit Sati <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Satya <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> hi , >> I have ubuntu 8.04 and windows vista installed in my lappy . when >> I was working in vista, it got stuck suddenly, I long pressed the >> power button. When I restart and choose to boot through windows ,boot >> menu appears once again and I am not able to open windows .However >> ubuntu is working well.But,it is not able to mount vista's drive ,one >> of my friends tried to mount it forcefully ,but without any >> success.When I run a live installation vista cd it is not detecting >> any partitions in hard drive.I have some important piece of >> information in that drive,Is there a way to retrieve data from this >> drive? >> I would be grateful if someone shows me a way out..... >> thanks >> Satya. >> > > one of my friend find the similar error he use testdisk. try to use it > http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk > it can recreate your partition table or any lost partition. so if partition > is lost or not accessible may be this tool is helpful > and it will be helpful if you can provide error when you try to force mount > the partition. > -- > Regards > Sumit Sati > Robert Benchley - "A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn > around three times before lying down." > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ l...@iitd community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
