Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Quoting javadayaz : > Just to let you know, that i used Testdisk last night. It worked a treat. I > am in the process of retrieving my data. I have managed to get back at least > 65%. Have almost filled up a 240gb on a 300gb disk. > > I am most grateful to all of you for your help. > That's good

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Just to let you know, that i used Testdisk last night. It worked a treat. I am in the process of retrieving my data. I have managed to get back at least 65%. Have almost filled up a 240gb on a 300gb disk. I am most grateful to all of you for your help. 2010/1/25 javadayaz > will testdisk let me

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

will testdisk let me do a search file type at a time? so for example i can search for mp.3 files in one search, .doc in the next and so on? 2010/1/25 Rob Beard > Quoting javadayaz : > > > The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the > > 300gb...i could try and use that!

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Quoting javadayaz : > The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the > 300gb...i could try and use that! Ahh, problem is, it won't fit on the 300GB drive. dd will copy everything on the drive regardless of if there is data there or not. You'd need a 400GB or larger har

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

The original hard drive was 400gb and the new one im installing is the 300gb...i could try and use that! 2010/1/25 Paul Roach > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM, javadayaz wrote: > > Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the > partition > > table? > > I'd strongly recomm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:06 AM, javadayaz wrote: > Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition > table? I'd strongly recommend getting another drive of the same size or larger and dd'ing the broken drive. Then you can work on a copy if the drive without touching

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Quoting javadayaz : > Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition > table? > Have a look at this: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk It's the TestDisk site. I'm unable to provide much more at the moment as I'm at work using restricted internet access. The

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Can you please point towards an article regarding re creating the partition table? 2010/1/25 Rob Beard > Quoting "Alan Lord (News)" : > > > On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote: > >> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though > >> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Quoting "Alan Lord (News)" : > On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote: >> The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though >> fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! > > You do not want to mount it! > > The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions > on /de

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

I will try the live CD instruction as most of you have pointed me in that direction. 2010/1/25 Alan Lord (News) > On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote: > > The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though > > fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! > > You do not want to mount

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

On 25/01/10 08:56, javadayaz wrote: > The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though > fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! You do not want to mount it! The output of your fdisk -l command shows that there are no partitions on /dev/sda so you can't mount it anyway. I'm

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

It also might be worth checking out your local LUG - If you take your system down to their next meeting their might well be someone who can help you -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

javadayaz wrote: > The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even > though fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! > you might find IRC is a better way to discuss this and get it sorted out more interactively than on a mailing list on a different computer, or on a live CD on the dead

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010/1/25 javadayaz : > The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though > fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! > It won't be mounted correctly, since it's lost the details of the partition table (i.e. the list of partitions on the drive). Do what Matthew Daubney suggested

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

The only problem is i dont think the hard drive is mounted, even though fdisk -l does show it as /dev/sda.!! 2010/1/24 Matthew Daubney > On 24/01/10 22:48, javadayaz wrote: > > yes it does give me this: > > > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

On 24/01/10 22:48, javadayaz wrote: > yes it does give me this: > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

yes it does give me this: Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

javadayaz wrote: > im sorry to copy and paste here...fdisk gives me this > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 > > does this mean that the above hard drive is st

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

You're more likely to get help if you post in the Ubuntu support forums. This is a mailing list. 2010/1/24 javadayaz > im sorry to copy and paste here...fdisk gives me this > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

im sorry to copy and paste here...fdisk gives me this Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 does this mean that the above hard drive is still assigned the sda label?

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

How do I mount the hard drive which is being displayed as a mass storage device...it won't let me mount it On 24 Jan 2010 18:08, "Matthew Wild" wrote: 2010/1/24 javadayaz : > Hi, > > Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have > formatted my h... Most importantly -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

2010/1/24 javadayaz : > Hi, > > Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have > formatted my hd. Even the ubuntu was installed on a separate hd, I am unable > to start my pc. It just keeps going into maintenence mode. On top of all > this I have lost 400gb of media inclu

[ubuntu-uk] Please help.I've lost my partitions

Hi, Please help. In the process of installing another hd to my system..I have formatted my hd. Even the ubuntu was installed on a separate hd, I am unable to start my pc. It just keeps going into maintenence mode. On top of all this I have lost 400gb of media including pics. Vids and other files.