help if u can

[slyblade900]

this is one heck of a day. I'm writing this not in the hope that someone can find a solution for me (It would be really cool if someone did !!) but because i don't want anyone else doing the same mistake i did.

System config:
I own a x64 machine with intel core 2 quad CPU and Nvidia GDDR3 Graphic card.

Problem: I was using windows7 earlier and locked a particular drive using BITLOCKER. after sometime i decided to switch to Linux and put the Fedora x86_64 DVD inside and rebooted. The disk was a bit faulty. I went up till formatting my drive ( I left the Bitllocker drive untouched ). When i clicked next after setting up the partition tables, Anaconda failed ( I'm not sure if it was cos the disk was faulty or because of BITLOCKER). And i had to restart my computer. I thought windows would boot. But i didn't. The partitioning system in windows7 CD shows the C:\ Drive to be completely empty. The only other OS i had was ubuntu 10.04 and i installed a fresh copy of it. This time i did the same partitioning i did for fedora. But the problem is a part of my Drives namely the Bitlocker drive and Another Drive I have fused into an unknown drive. (Learnt it through Disk utility in Ubuntu). Now even if i was to separate the drive to use some kind of recovery tool, won't that recovery tool damage the BITLOCKER drive ? I have some really valuable data there. Any ideas ANYONE? I'm willing to accept even stupid ideas hoping it might work.

[Quackers]

Please boot from the Ubuntu Live cd/usb and select "try ubuntu" then when the desktop is loaded make sure you have an internet connection and go to the site below and download the boot script to your DESKTOP and then open up a terminal (Applications > Accessories > terminal) and run


sudo bash ~/Desktop/boot_info_script*.sh

This will produce a results.txt file on your desktop. Please copy the contents of that file and paste them in your next post between CODE tags. For CODE tags click on New Reply (not quick reply)and then click on the # symbol in the toolbar.
This will give a full overview of your current system.
Thanks.

http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

[slyblade900]

Did not produce any results. Currently i'm booted into ubuntu 10.04. Booting is not the problem, Its what happened to the Other Drives and Where did windows go
http://i52.tinypic.com/2kpy8p.png

[Quackers]

Try again using the command, as posted :-) Half of it's missing!

[lisati]

When it does its stuff, the script creates a file called results.txt containing the output...... :D

[slyblade900]

Thanks. This is what is generated in that results.txt file


Boot Info Script 0.55 dated February 15th, 2010

============================= Boot Info Summary: ==============================

=> Grub 2 is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks on the same drive in
partition #5 for /boot/grub.

sda1: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system:
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Mounting failed:
mount: unknown filesystem type ''

sda2: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD

sda3: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda5: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS
Boot files/dirs: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /boot/grub/core.img

sda6: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:

sda7: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

sda4: __________________________________________________ _______________________

File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows Vista/7
Boot sector info: According to the info in the boot sector, sda4 has
52426751 sectors, but according to the info from
fdisk, it has 819482671 sectors.
Operating System:
Boot files/dirs:

=========================== Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda ___________________ __________________________________________________ ___

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start End Size Id System

/dev/sda1 63 2,047 1,985 42 SFS
/dev/sda2 * 2,048 206,847 204,800 42 SFS
/dev/sda3 208,894 155,334,655 155,125,762 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 208,896 20,207,615 19,998,720 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 20,209,664 24,207,359 3,997,696 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 24,209,408 155,334,655 131,125,248 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 157,288,448 976,771,119 819,482,672 42 SFS


blkid -c /dev/null: __________________________________________________ __________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/sda2 BEB867A9B8675F41 ntfs System Reserved
/dev/sda3: PTTYPE="dos"
/dev/sda4 587ED9F07ED9C742 ntfs Local Disk
/dev/sda5 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b ext4
/dev/sda6 52478efa-026e-4bae-af90-6aa6a103fd9f swap
/dev/sda7 8c90cbde-8b08-4ce5-99a3-b448cb9a6c78 ext4
/dev/sda: PTTYPE="dos"

============================ "mount | grep ^/dev output: ===========================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sda5 / ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/sda7 /home ext4 (rw)


=========================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-28-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=UUID=16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-28-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-28-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic root=UUID=16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-21-generic ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,5)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 16280065-4560-4588-ad10-311311f03c8b
linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set beb867a9b8675f41
chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

=============================== sda5/etc/fstab: ===============================

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc nodev,noexec,nosuid 0 0
/dev/sda5 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /home was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=8c90cbde-8b08-4ce5-99a3-b448cb9a6c78 /home ext4 defaults 0 2
/dev/sda6 none swap sw 0 0

=================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub: ===================


6.7GB: boot/grub/core.img
6.7GB: boot/grub/grub.cfg
6.9GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
7.0GB: boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-28-generic
6.8GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic
6.9GB: boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-28-generic
7.0GB: initrd.img
6.9GB: initrd.img.old
6.9GB: vmlinuz
6.8GB: vmlinuz.old

[Quackers]

Which hard drive is set to boot first in the bios? If it's sda, Ubuntu should be booting.
Windows partitions have been changed to dynamic disks (SFS). This is often caused by creating more than 4 primary partitions on one hard drive.

[slyblade900]

So isn't there a solution for me to restore my Disks back to normal, Like back to static ? And yes Ubuntu is booting but it does not recognize any of the Bit Locker Drives. and furthur more, it is fused into one disk.

[Quackers]

You can have a look at post #5 in this thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1669910
Linux systems will not recognise dynamic disks (SFS type) that's why Microsoft do it, I suspect.

[YesWeCan]

You may have better luck at a Windows forum or by consulting the MS site. I found this for example: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928201
Better to install linux on its own disk, if you can.

[slyblade900]

Thanks but i'm switching over completely to Ubuntu. I need Ubuntu to 'see', i mean mount it at the least. Does that mean i will have to use windows 7 to repair that disk to SFD to normal and then again go through the process of installing Ubuntu with all its updates ?
And although its not my problem here, i have a general doubt about computers. Is it good to format your system completely and keep switching OS's. Many Linux users keep tying different distros. won't it harm the comp. in general to format like that ?

[Quackers]

Just re-install Ubuntu and choose to "use the whole disc" at partitioning stage. Obviously that will over-write all previous partitions and Windows will not be usable again.
I have a twin drive laptop. I currently have 6 operating systems installed and running. These 6 are the latest in a long line of operating systems. It will cause no damage to install/wipe out/re-install etc etc etc. Enjoy yourself.

[YesWeCan]

Thanks but i'm switching over completely to Ubuntu. I need Ubuntu to 'see', i mean mount it at the least. Does that mean i will have to use windows 7 to repair that disk to SFD to normal and then again go through the process of installing Ubuntu with all its updates ?
Well if you have important data then you should probably focus on recovering it and take the possible hit of reinstalling Ubuntu. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu is quite quick to install :)
Ubuntu can read and write standard NTFS partitions.

[slyblade900]

Thanks for the help, both of you =) Will post back if i can recover that partition after going through all the mess. I'm marking this thread as solved ( If this forum has one =) )

[slyblade900]

I guess i've lost all the data. Windows installation disk says "No drives found". It typically finds No drive at all in my computer =) What is lost is lost.