ey I have a MAJOR problem.
I was messing with Partitions in Windows and somehow my partition table got messed up, and now windows cant boot and when i pop in the CD, it only picks up Partition 1, (the small space windows puts on the side), Partition 3(my storage).. Partition 2 is missing which is the one that contains the windows files
On Ubuntu in Gparted my entire disk is shown as 400something unallocated space, but from the ubuntu file manager i can access each partition including the windows files and see all of my files..Their just
I am using testDisk right now, and its currently analyzing cylinders 31440/60801, 51%, at the rate its going, its gonna take 8 hours, i dont have that long to wait on this..unless i have to.
is their an easier fix??
more info:
when i goto places> computer i see
500GB Hard Disk, 106MB Filesystem, this is windows partition (when i hit properties 78.6gb used, 39.9 free)
next is 500GB Hard Disk: Storage (254.5GB Used, 92.6 Free)
next is 500GB Hard Disk: System Reserved
Here is why my analyze looks like from testDisk:
http://i46.tinypic.com/28sm249.jpg