Chielus
November 2nd, 2008, 03:26 PM
let me explain the history:
at first i had vista delivered. later on i made a dualboot with ubuntu 8.0 desktop x64
that went fine, i had a 10 GB ext3 for linux, and a 8 GB ext3 for my /home, and a swap area of 2 gig
so i had still a 340 GB partition of vista
a year later my vista crashed, so i had to reinstall.. because i reinstalled it, i lost the dualboot.. today (a few months later) i decided to get back my dualboot so i downloaded the live cd (8.10 ubuntu-desktop x64).. at my installation i couldn't see the 2 ext3 partitions of the past anymore.. but ok, i made 2 new partitions with the same settings as in the past
now i want my dualboot back, but i can't find the location of vista anymore.. it isn't in /media and if i use fdsik -l, this is the answer:
chielus@chielus-ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for chielus:
Disk /dev/sda: 360.0 GB, 360080695296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 43777 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc37cb588
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1217 2797 12699382+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1217 2432 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2433 2797 2931831 82 Linux swap / Solaris
i tried all sort of things in my menu.lst, currently this is added at the end of the file:
title Windows Vista
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
savedefault
makeactive
what's the problem?
i hope i didn't lost my vista partition
when i try to to use boot recovery with the vista cd, it doesn't see any partitions.. :s
EDIT: i think i know the problem.. i forgot to make a new partition in vista, and with that partition i had to install linux.. right? forgotten.. so now the 340 gig isn't used.. any way to solve this without reinstalling vista and losing everything? and if no.. i miss some important files in my backups, but i think they aren't deleted, they still are somewhere in that 340 gig unused filespace.. how can i get them back?
at first i had vista delivered. later on i made a dualboot with ubuntu 8.0 desktop x64
that went fine, i had a 10 GB ext3 for linux, and a 8 GB ext3 for my /home, and a swap area of 2 gig
so i had still a 340 GB partition of vista
a year later my vista crashed, so i had to reinstall.. because i reinstalled it, i lost the dualboot.. today (a few months later) i decided to get back my dualboot so i downloaded the live cd (8.10 ubuntu-desktop x64).. at my installation i couldn't see the 2 ext3 partitions of the past anymore.. but ok, i made 2 new partitions with the same settings as in the past
now i want my dualboot back, but i can't find the location of vista anymore.. it isn't in /media and if i use fdsik -l, this is the answer:
chielus@chielus-ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for chielus:
Disk /dev/sda: 360.0 GB, 360080695296 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 43777 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc37cb588
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1216 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 1217 2797 12699382+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1217 2432 9767488+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 2433 2797 2931831 82 Linux swap / Solaris
i tried all sort of things in my menu.lst, currently this is added at the end of the file:
title Windows Vista
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
savedefault
makeactive
what's the problem?
i hope i didn't lost my vista partition
when i try to to use boot recovery with the vista cd, it doesn't see any partitions.. :s
EDIT: i think i know the problem.. i forgot to make a new partition in vista, and with that partition i had to install linux.. right? forgotten.. so now the 340 gig isn't used.. any way to solve this without reinstalling vista and losing everything? and if no.. i miss some important files in my backups, but i think they aren't deleted, they still are somewhere in that 340 gig unused filespace.. how can i get them back?