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Old 02-04-2015, 06:26 PM   #16
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Don't use OS X all that much but /dev/disk2s2 is disk 2 partition 2. The correct syntax is to use the drive ID i.e. /dev/disk2.
 
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Old 02-04-2015, 07:52 PM   #17
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michaelk,

Well now I feel stupid...

But still the media fails the check I described earlier. This is a different USB stick than before. Will try to boot with it nevertheless...

Wow. It looks like it's working...amazing. Thank you.
 
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So my current plan to fix this is to run Gparted, create a Windows 7 partition, install Windows, then install F21. But...

It would be really great if I could salvage my data. GParted shows only

Partition File System Size Used Unused
/dev/sda1 ext4 465.76 GB 145.68 MiB 354.32 MiB

Is there any chance to save my data or should I proceed with the repartition/reformat/reinstall?
 
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I will use the Fedora Live boot disk, install Testdisk, and attempt to recover from there.
 
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unetbootin is faster than installing another os.
 
  


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