ajayveee
November 11th, 2012, 08:46 AM
Hi
I've tried installing Ubuntu 12.10 alongside my windows 7 unsuccessfully. The initial challenge was that I could not create an extended partition. The disk was dynamic. I found a primary partition which I could not understand what it was(I was sure it was not the Dell Utility partition or the system partition) . So I deleted that partition and created an extended partition and created a couple of logical partitions to install Ubuntu. After I did this, I gave the install option from Ubuntu to install it alongside Win 7. The install ran successfully but, neither Ubuntu booted successfully nor did Win 7. I tried repairing window using Win7 boot cd but it cannot repair disk errors.
I had simple volumes created in win 7 where I had all my data, but not all of them are readable from Ubuntu live (from usb)
following is the sudo fsdisk -l command o/p
sudo fdisk -l
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
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f92029b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 109135870 976771071 433817601 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 81920 4276223 2097152 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 * 4276224 109133823 52428800 42 SFS
/dev/sda5 234967040 243355647 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 243357696 976771071 366706688 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 109135872 234967039 62915584 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 8100 MB, 8100249600 bytes
12 heads, 40 sectors/track, 32960 cylinders, total 15820800 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 5992 15820799 7907404 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
following is the gparted partition table https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S6ZAz9RpG7k/UJ9WQ4N9p_I/AAAAAAAAC9U/96B_G6pdGAc/s777/Screenshot+from+2012-11-11+07%3A28%3A37.png
Will I be able to recover my data? I've tried ntfs-3g options but hasnt proved to be a success. I've been able to copy some of the data in the windows volume that I want to recover, but some of the folders give an input/output error. Please help.
I've tried installing Ubuntu 12.10 alongside my windows 7 unsuccessfully. The initial challenge was that I could not create an extended partition. The disk was dynamic. I found a primary partition which I could not understand what it was(I was sure it was not the Dell Utility partition or the system partition) . So I deleted that partition and created an extended partition and created a couple of logical partitions to install Ubuntu. After I did this, I gave the install option from Ubuntu to install it alongside Win 7. The install ran successfully but, neither Ubuntu booted successfully nor did Win 7. I tried repairing window using Win7 boot cd but it cannot repair disk errors.
I had simple volumes created in win 7 where I had all my data, but not all of them are readable from Ubuntu live (from usb)
following is the sudo fsdisk -l command o/p
sudo fdisk -l
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
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f92029b
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 63 80324 40131 de Dell Utility
/dev/sda2 109135870 976771071 433817601 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 81920 4276223 2097152 42 SFS
/dev/sda4 * 4276224 109133823 52428800 42 SFS
/dev/sda5 234967040 243355647 4194304 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 243357696 976771071 366706688 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 109135872 234967039 62915584 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 8100 MB, 8100249600 bytes
12 heads, 40 sectors/track, 32960 cylinders, total 15820800 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 5992 15820799 7907404 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
following is the gparted partition table https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-S6ZAz9RpG7k/UJ9WQ4N9p_I/AAAAAAAAC9U/96B_G6pdGAc/s777/Screenshot+from+2012-11-11+07%3A28%3A37.png
Will I be able to recover my data? I've tried ntfs-3g options but hasnt proved to be a success. I've been able to copy some of the data in the windows volume that I want to recover, but some of the folders give an input/output error. Please help.