blackweaver: actually Linux can't mount raw format, however it is likely that what your system is seeing as raw may just be as a result of a corrupt partition table. If that is the case then Linux should b able to help. Now this parted CD that you made, was ur from an I so file? If so can you open the iso file with maybe winrar or 7 zip? If so then maybe you didn't burn the image properly.

4llerbuntu: @semid, hmnn..........
internet was non-existent over the weekend so i didnt see this (effing airtel)

on your own basically i'd say create a thumb (USB) drive with Ubuntu on it. install GPARTED on the thumb drive ubuntu install and try to mount the external drive.

(U dont have to use your laptop that way) any computer with usb 2.0 will do.

if it don't mount, install "testdisk" and "recoverdm" on ubuntu (probably using synaptic) and try recover it.

you may be lucky and it will isolate the bad sectors and allow u copy some stuff out. (Believe it or not, once i got lucky with a DVD drive that suddenly showed up as RAW, likely because DVDs use sane contiguous journaling sha)



TBH, 50% of the files may be unuseable because that drive was NTFS formatted before and that rubbish writes bytes randomly all over the disk

I'm more wary about repairing that drive. the partition tables are corrupted, and in my experience that is pretty much EOD. rarely seen a drive that survived that.



Its difficult to agree to help these situations because success probability is like 5% u get it done, ur an hero. u fail and u just extinguished someborry's hope

but if ur in lagos, sure u can send someone down with it to my office. (easier to get me there, i practically live there anyways).





actually i'm more interested in how the drive got like that. Western Digital drives have decent controller chips

or u could even maybe swap out the platters (u need another drive and NSA level skills tho )

ciphoenix: And about the live cd that refused to boot, get a 64 bit version of ubuntu and make a live usb preferably

blackweaver: why not use someone else's laptop to recover the files - one that doesn't come with secure boot. If there's enough free space on the device you could even resize the partition, create another partition from the free space and move the files to the other partition.

Honestly the way people are complaining abt this secure boot thingy i'm having a bad feeling abt what happens when i decide to get another laptop

Thanks y'all.

I've been able to recover my files in the Ext HD and all of 'em were undamaged. It was oyb's post in page 114 of this thread that pointed me in the right direction. All it took was a professional recovery Software. . .Runtime GetDataBack.

This software BAAAD. As in, I hadn't deep scanned more than 10% when it detected all my files (813GB worth of stuff) in the 1TB Ext HD. It was going to take 11hrs to finish scanning but I stopped it @ 10% to test if it would recover the files successfully and it did. Also, All the files were undamaged and usable. I even installed the Windows 8.1 Pro WMC OS ISO and many other softwares I recovered from the HD and they all worked perfectly. ALL THIS AT JUST 10%

Lastly, I was able to boot my pc with the PartedMagic CD but that was after I had recovered my files. This knowledge will come in handy one day.

Thanks once again.

semid4lyfe:





Thanks y'all.

I've been able to recover my files in the Ext HD and all of 'em were undamaged. It was oyb's post in page 114 of this thread that pointed me in the right direction. All it took was a professional recovery Software. . .Runtime GetDataBack.

This software BAAAD. As in, I hadn't deep scanned more than 10% when it detected all my files (813GB worth of stuff) in the 1TB Ext HD. It was going to take 11hrs to finish scanning but I stopped it @ 10% to test if it would recover the files successfully and it did. Also, All the files were undamaged and usable. I even installed the Windows 8.1 Pro WMC OS ISO and many other softwares I recovered from the HD and they all worked perfectly. ALL THIS AT JUST 10%

Lastly, I was able to boot my pc with the PartedMagic CD but that was after I had recovered my files. This knowledge will come in handy one day.

Thanks once again.

all4naija: @ semid4lyfe


Good to know you succeeded in using a recovery tool to get all your files back. I thought your said in one of your comments you've tried something of that nature before without success.

Now, you need to always have the tool handy should in case of running into the same problem again.

YES I had tried other recovery softwares like Recuva, Recover My Files, TestDisk, PC Inspector File Recovery etc but not GetDataBack

Thanks for your help on the other thread. It is much appreciated

4llerbuntu: aaah, a windows app that works!!

interesting.

means that drive is still ok. from jur earlier post you made it appear like the drive was gone and failed all tests.

anyway, lucky you. like i said, u should try pinpoint why this happened. it could be vital

Lol

On a serious note, I'm downloading Ubuntu 13.10 64bit OS right now and I may install it on my 8GB, 1TB Hp Envy 17-J020us Laptop but I've got a few nagging questions

- Does the OS come with all the essential drivers and apps? Audio, Graphics, Bluetooth, WLAN etc?

- Can I use powerISO, UltraISO, Deamons Tools Pro etc to install the Ubuntu OS ISO from a virtual drive or must it be run compulsorily from a USB drive or DVD?

- Can it be clean-installed over my Windows OS and still retain my files in an old windows folder just like what happens when you install a new Windows OS over another?

- If I'm not satisfied with it can I install my Windows OS over it using a virtual drive via PowerISO,UltraISO, Daemons Tools and other such softwares?

- Will windows softwares & apps install and work on Ubuntu or must I download Ubuntu compatible versions of these softwares or does Ubuntu have its softwares that do exactly what these windows softwares do?

- Will windows compatible external devices like Flash drives, External HD, External DVDrom, USB modems etc work with Ubuntu?

- Is Ubuntu as intuitive and easy to use as windows? Me be old dog and I can't start learning new tricks now

In short, take me as a baby and tell me all I need to know before I take the plunge. . .and please don't tell me to use google. Na learner I be

semid4lyfe:

Lol

On a serious note, I'm downloading Ubuntu 13.10 64bit OS right now and I may install it on my 8GB, 1TB Hp Envy 17-J020us Laptop but I've got a few nagging questions

Does the OS come with all the essential drivers and apps? Audio, Graphics, Bluetooth, WLAN etc?

semid4lyfe: In short, take me as a baby and tell me all I need to know before I take the plunge. . .and please don't tell me to use google. Na learner I be

semid4lyfe: Just read the Installing Ubuntu 13.10 guide on Ubuntu's website and I realize it can be installed alongside Windows OS as a dual boot and I can choose the OS I want to run @ startup. That's cool.

Finished downloading the ISO. I'll burn it into a CD tomorrow and do the installation on Saturday. Till then. . . . . .. .. . .

Aark_737: Get your free 15GB cloud storage from the link below:
https://copy.com/?r=vwZrGL

excel111: ubuntu does nt support partition wit win 7

4llerbuntu: Hey guys.

Thought just occurred to me. If I clone a drive with non standard partition tables, will restoring that clone migrate the partition table too?

I don't have the luxury of trying it out right now to experiment.

blackweaver: maybe it's because we've been a little too quiet for a while, it's been almost 3 weeks since the last post till yours, I guess people don't have much to discuss these days

oyb:

4llerbuntu has become 4llerdroid

berra find your way back here - those tecno trolls will not let ashawooflagos get poster of the year in 2013