NTFS not visible, unable to mount.

[katek14]

Dear All,

I am brand new to Ubuntu and Linux.

Earlier i had windows 7 in my hard disk, somehow it got corrupted. Over that i installed ubuntu linux 10.04. I am having a live CD, before installation during the live mode, i was able to see all the NTFS data (windows 7) available in my hard disk. Then i installed Ubuntu 10.04 on the same hard disc. Now under the menu places->Network->windows network. When i double click on this icon, Linux is throwing an error "Unable to mount location failed to retrieve share list from server" and not showing any files.

Am having 320GB capacity hard disk. I tried using Getparted to find NTFS partitions, but i could see only the following, where NTFS is missing


__________________________________________________ ______
Partition type Filesystem Mount point Size Used Unused Fl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
unallocated unallocated 1MB -- --
/dev/sda1 ext 4 / 232.83 10.98GB 221.85GB boot
/dev/sda2 extended 65.26 -- --
/dev/sda5 linux-swap 65.26 -- --

Now is it possible to access/recover the NTFS data? i have very imp datas in it

Please help me at the earliest.

Thank you very much in advance.

[oz]

Dear All,

I am brand new to Ubuntu and Linux.

Earlier i had windows 7 in my hard disk, somehow it got corrupted. Over that i installed ubuntu linux 10.04. I am having a live CD, before installation during the live mode, i was able to see all the NTFS data (windows 7) available in my hard disk. Then i installed Ubuntu 10.04 on the same hard disc. Now under the menu places->Network->windows network. When i double click on this icon, Linux is throwing an error "Unable to mount location failed to retrieve share list from server" and not showing any files.

Am having 320GB capacity hard disk. I tried using Getparted to find NTFS partitions, but i could see only the following, where NTFS is missing

__________________________________________________ ______
Partition type Filesystem Mount point Size Used Unused Fl
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
unallocated unallocated 1MB -- --
/dev/sda1 ext 4 / 232.83 10.98GB 221.85GB boot
/dev/sda2 extended 65.26 -- --
/dev/sda5 linux-swap 65.26 -- --

Please help me at the earliest.

Thank you very much in advance.

Hello and welcome to the forums!

Looking at your output, it appears that you might have installed Linux over any Windows system and data files that you previously had on the drive. It might be time to pull out your backups for restoring your data.

[oz]

Try using the Parted Magic LiveCD to take a look at what's on your drive. It comes with gparted and lots of other good utilities that will come in handy regardless of what OS you run. If fact, you might be able to use it for data recovery should it become necessary.

Run fdisk and post your output:

fdisk -l

That's a small letter L and not a number 1.

[katek14]

Hello Ozar,
Thanks for ur reply.
Can you please help me in executing parted magic livecd. I dono how to run this... the output of fdisk -l is blank

[oz]

Hello Ozar,
Thanks for ur reply.
Can you please help me in executing parted magic livecd. I dono how to run this... the output of fdisk -l is blank

If you've already downloaded the ISO file for the Parted Magic LiveCD, you burn it to disk as an image, then boot your machine with the disk in the drive to load the liveCD:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ins...ll-cd-dvd.html

It's a great utility disk to have on hand for lots of computer chores, regardless of the OS used.

Otherwise, you can open a terminal in your current Linux system and run the fdisk command posted above to get the output showing how your partitions are laid out, and post that output code here.

[coopstah13]

given that you installed linux over your windows installation, it is unlikely that you will be able to recover anything

I wish you luck