aftermath of an ubuntu installation

[Donny George]

the repair option with xp cd doesnt really help coz the file system has been
changed to ext3.


don


On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 02/03/2008, Tom <coffindvm at seisp.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 01:18:47PM +0100, Donny George wrote:
> >  > hello
> >  >
> >  > i made an ubuntu 7.10 installation on my windows xp desktop as dual
> os . but
> >  > unfortunately the partitioning with ubuntu didnt work right and i
> lost one
> >  > of my windows drives which i had not backed up. i used GET DATA BACK
> FOR
> >  > NTFS(as it was ntfs partition) to retrieve it. and fortunately i can
> see all
> >  > the files and names but i can never open one. it either says the path
> cant
> >  > be found or that its an invalid format. i also tried the partition
> table
> >  > doctor to try and recover the partition. but i still couldnt retrieve
> the
> >  > windows drive.
> >  >
> >  > would there be any way to get back my data and drive.
> >  >
> >  > PLEASE PLEASE HELP !!!
> >  >
> >  > donny
> >
> >
> > If you boot from the xp install cd and choose repair existing install
> would
> >  that help ?
> >
> >  Tom
> >
>
> Note that the XP install disk is designed to wipe out grub (and lilo,
> and any other non-ms bootloader), requiring their reinstallation
> after. Don't forget to file a bug with Microsoft!
>
> Dotan Cohen
>
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