On 24/01/10 22:48, javadayaz wrote: > yes it does give me this: > > Disk /dev/sda: 400.0 GB, 400088457216 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 48641 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x2ab32ab3 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > Disk /dev/sdb: 41.1 GB, 41110142976 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4998 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x03e803e7 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 1120 8996368+ 83 Linux > /dev/sdb2 1121 1369 2000092+ 82 Linux swap / > Solaris > /dev/sdb3 1370 4998 29149942+ 83 Linux > > Disk /dev/sdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x000f27c1 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdc1 1 1245 10000431 83 Linux > > When i boot the hard drive..it goes through the loading bar, but then > drops me into some sort of shell. a black screen. > > hope this makes sense! > > and thank you for responding. > Boot from a livecd, DON'T BOOT FROM THE HD UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THIS RECOVERY STUFF!
Have a look at a program called testdisk (sudo apt-get install testdisk) , it runs from a terminal (sudo testdisk) but does have a terminal based gui to lead you through recovering stuff. I've used it several times to recover lost partitions. It can take a while to run though. But seriously, everytime you try and boot from the HDD and it fails you risk damaging what remains of the data. So boot from a CD to do this. Hope that helps. -Matt Daubney -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
