It sounds like you did a total erase of drive type install, not a manual choose one partition.
Do you only have one drive? sda? It shows only one partition.
For output from terminal just copy & paste from either your working install or the live installer which ever is working. If output is longer use Go Advanced reply and click on # to add code tags.
Like this:
Code:
fred@fred-Precise:~$ sudo parted /dev/sdd unit s print
[sudo] password for fred:
Model: ATA SSD G2 series 64 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 117231408s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2048s 616447s 614400s fat32 boot
2 616448s 618495s 2048s bios_grub
3 618496s 58925055s 58306560s ext4 Precise
4 58925056s 117229743s 58304688s ext4 Quantal
I do not understand a 60% backup? That would not be the full system that you could restore as that would have to be the entire NTFS partition.
Do you have recovery set of DVD, or a full Windows install set of DVDs?
If purchased with Windows 8, they do not give you a restore set of DVDs but expect you to make your own as soon as you get system.
If you do not have a full system, you may be able to get a full restore for your system from the vendor for a nominal shipping charge. Some vendors do not offer that.
One users went to retailer he bought system from and tech person had identical system on floor and made a restore set of DVDs. I thought that was good customer service.
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