Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gparted
I can't be more disappointed in Ubuntu + GParted than I am now. I've
just ruined my backup USB HDD with GParted that was run under Ubuntu
8.10 Live. Of course, it warned to backup data, but only because it was
unreal to backup my HDD I decided to use GParted resize instead of
backup and format.
I had two FAT32 partitions on USB HDD and wanted to shrink the first one
to format and install Ubuntu on it. This required moving information
from this partition to the second. As I didn't have enough free space I
have to repeat resize and move operation several times. I made only one
operation at a time - never chained them. On the fourth resize some
strange sign appeared in front of my first partition. After a check run
the partition could not be mounted. When I attached HDD to another
system, I've found that all my files were lost. Disk label was garbaged
although partition types still were FAT32. I do not know how did it
happen, perhaps I've run chkdsk fix fix parameter explicitly from
Windows rescue CD, but it crunched first partition (bootex.log is
attached) and created FOUND.000 folder that now contains a salad from
filexxxx.chk chunks. =/
My second partition now contains "sictaged.ito" entry without any means
to access it contents. I do not know why the second partition was messed
too and more importantly - how to restore it back? I suspect that I run
"check" command which killed FAT32 tables.
That was strange (besides extremely long time to scan drives after each
operation) is that after USB HDD partition was unmounted from GParted,
Ubuntu still popped up that disk window. Even if so, it is unclear how
could unmounted partition result in FAT32 tables being overwritten in
both FAT32 partitions.
** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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3.8.x that comes with Ubuntu 8.10 LiveCD kills fat32 partitions on USB HDD
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/358951
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