[Bug 1266437] Re: Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions

[bilal]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1265192 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1265192

Dear Readers,
I am facing the same problem. I have installed correctly ubuntu 14.04 .1LTS but it has wiped out my win8 paritition.
I had really really important data. How can i recover my lost partition. In the start-up there is not option for entering into BIOS.
Ubuntu is installed (i think) on the same drive where win8 was installed previously. Is there any way to recover lost parition.

thanks

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Title:
  Ubuntu installation wipes windows 8 recovery partitions

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I wanted to reinstall ubuntu on my laptop. Here is the partition table
  as I remember before the installation:

  1. 100MB - EFI
  2. 900MB - windows8 recovery partition with label "Recovery"
  3. ~150GB - windows 8
  4. ~130-150GB - Ubuntu
  5. ~300MB - another recovery partition which was probably created after windows8.1 update
  6. ~350-400GB - Data
  7. ~20GB - another recovery partition with label "Restore"

  In the installer I chose this option: "Erase Ubuntu 13.10 and
  reinstall" with the text "Warning: This will delete all your Ubuntu
  13.10 programs, documents, photos, music, and any other files" under
  it. I was sure it will only touch Ubuntu partition (4th one)

  This is how the partition table looked after reinstallation:

  1. ~500MB - EFI
  2. ~700-750GB Ubuntu
  3. ~8GB swap

  As you see it wiped all of my partitions including the recovery ones.
  Now I'm left without windows and I don't have any backup/recovery
  media. Ubuntu should not even touch recovery partitions or ask user if
  he wants to remove them.

  Unfortunately I can't give any log files beacuse I have alredy deleted
  ubuntu partition in order to try to restore my recovery partitions. I
  did it but due to the swap partition windows image was corrupted.

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