nixCraft

Hi All,

I have 160 Gb Hard disk filled with,


120 GB Windows partion splitted as C:,D:,E:,F:

remaining 35 GB, i used for Ubuntu and mandriva.

Today, i got Redhat EL 5 server cd's and i planned to install, so i booted and get into the steps. after the few installation step, suddenly it asks for partitioning and i proceeded with Erase ALL data. within one second i saw the custom layout(partitioning) as 160 Free. and i suddenly rebooted the system to avoid proceeding, my grub was gone, i cant find out all the partition, now i m using ubuntu live cd to tying this message and connecting internet.

If i give the following command in Ubuntu live cd it shows:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x8f800000

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

i m very sad, please help to recover my partions. I think,it wont loss because i wont start the installation.

Idont know
Idont know wat to do,

Urgent very...

Do not make any changes to hard disk. I think your partition got deleted and may be got formatted 1 or 2%.

Download a Free and Opensource software called TestDisk
Download : TestDisk - CGSecurity

Download LiveCD: TestDisk Livecd - CGSecurity

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Thanks, i used the tool: test disk and recovered all the windows partition(happy). rebooted and got grub 22 error,tried some fixing got grub 17 error. finally put fedora got kernel syncing error:unable to mount vfs..../

atlast i put ubuntu hardy(with windows) and happily working.


how to make the thread solved.

I've marked this thread as Solved.

You can also try Stellar Phoenix Partition Recovery Software which works good in this scenario of data loss.The software is non destructive and read-only utility helps you to recover your data lost due to accidental format, virus problems, software malfunction, file/directory deletion, unexpected shutdown, or even sabotage.