i bought new 320gb hard drive

and using windows i partitioned it into two

my problem now i cant mount the hard drive

and i cant find the other partition

plz help me the proper way to install


thanks so much

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How you partitioned them in Windows and with what tool?

Did you tried installing Linux Mint. What problems you are having?

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FULL Install Linux Mint beside Windows 7 without altering the MBR. For safe dualboot and easy removal.
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Safe dual-booting Windows 7 - installing Mint on 2nd hard drive Part 1 http://youtu.be/hgv_POYbbf0
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thanks so much for all your reply

i have brand new 320gb..primary hard disk not external

while installing mint 17.1

im having ahrd time to do some partitions


then when i tried to select something else

as after the installation

the other 20gb i choose is ok

while the other 300 is cant mount file


this is the scenario



tnx.. god bless

Let's see if I understand... You must have installed this as a second internal drive as you're running Windows to partition it. You've partitioned it with a 20Gb and a 300Gb partition.

Am I OK so far?

You have tried to install Mint on the 20Gb partition? If so, did you succeed?

You can't see the 300Gb partition, is this in Mint, Windows or both? What disk applications are you using to check? GParted?

Did you format it and if so, what file system? If it isn't formatted, it won't mount.

Play Bonny!

Have you read Linux mint user guide( installation manual).

thank you to all your responses

as of now as i open the partition

cant mount file appears on the said hard disk



and im also have this problem

i want to recover all my files to the old linux hdsk that i had because i thing i installed new mint


as i tried to use photorec and testdisk


i found some of the files


but i wasnt able to organize it as it was before

:hattip :

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gparted.html