Recover Partition Table

[rzumbado]

Hi guys,

I'm having a hard time trying to recover a partition from a friend's computer.

What i'm trying to do? recover the partition so i can rescue all the files in there.

My Issues?
- Windows does not start at all.
- When running ubunto from the CD and running this command from the shell i get:

sudo fdisk -l

Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: invalid flag 0x518b of partition table 5 will be corrected by w(rite)

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/tracks, 14593 cylinders
Units = cilynders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device     Boot Start     End        Blocks   id  System
/dev/sda1           1        8       64228+    6  FAT16
/dev/sda2    *      9     4186     33559785    c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda3        6383    14594     65961819    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5    ? 250909   143383  1283776687+   84  OS/2 hidden c: drive

Im trying to get all the files from /dev/sda3 (which is the partition with 70GB)

I have tried searching from all the forums with no luck.
I'm desperate here!
plz help!!!!!

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You could try downloading the Parted Magic LiveCD and running TestDisk to recover your partition tables.

Hopefully it will work for you.

[D-cat]

Interesting. A type 84 is a Suspend to Disk partition as far as Windows is concerned. That is a large partition for that use. I'm thinking that...

1) it's mislabeled
2) it's encrypted
3) It's wrapped by the Logical Disk Manager

In cases 2 and 3, you may need to use Windows tools to recover the files. You mighthave better luck with the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.