How do I fix a deleted partition table with NTFS and ext3 partitions?
I installed a new distro and used lilo instead of grub. Thought I would try it out. I booted into my new install and was happy till I needed to get back into windows. Disk error.
I read a bit about it and found that if I used windows recovery it may fix the problem so I could get back into windows. Then I could fix the lilo to boot into linux via a live cd. That is not what happened. I think that since the dual boot was on the same physical hard drive I replaced the partition table. Now I can't boot to any OS on the drive. I want to recover data in my storage partition. I have read about many ways to do this but am a little hesitant to do so because they seem to deal with only ntfs or Linux partitions. not different file systems on the same drive. Any resources and/or comments would be greatly appreciated! |
Hi Draxx, Welcome to lq. There is a thread here that may help. I'd suggest reading it all before you begin, including links.
Good luck. ;-) |
Before you do anything, get a Linux liveCD booted, and issue "fdisk -l" (as root/sudo) and post it here.
That'll give you (us) a better idea of the state of the partition table. |
Will do!
Well thanks for the welcome and the replys!
I'll post the output of fdisk -l and read the thread after work tonight! |
Output of "sudo fdisk -l"
Heres the output;
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000001 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ This mean that there is no partitions at all? |
Looks like it - post the output of this
Code:
sudo dd if=/dev/sda count=1 | hd -C | less |
Got it working!
I read up on the link to the thread posted eqariler. I found out that gparted has testdisk on it. So I used testdisk and and recovered the partitions except for my old windows xp partition.
So I was able to get my information off of the storage partition. To do that I used a live CD and an external hard drive. I am now installing OS's and repartitioning. Thanks for the help! I'll be back! =) |
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