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    Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

    Hi.

    After trying Kubuntu and somehow screwing up my whole PC I'm trying to recover the partitions I made in Kubuntu for use in Windows. Someone advised me to boot into the live CD (Kubuntu 8.04) then at the terminal type gpartd.
    I tried this but nothing happens other than the message
    bash: gpartd: command not found

    Is there something I'm doing wrong there? I'd like those partitions back.

    Thanks

    Installed GParted and it finds my 3 hard drives. The one in particular that had Kubuntu installed on it was a 250 gig drive with 5 partitions. Looking in GParted it says Partition 'unallocated' File System 'unallocated' Size '230 gig' Used '- - -' Unused '- - -'

    Windows recognises the distinct partitions but can't do anything with the one's that were formatted to ext whatever it was!
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    Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

    Because you formated those partitions, all data that was on them is now gone. Were you expecting to be able to recover pre-Kubuntu data that was on those partitions or ....
    Windows no longer obstructs my view.
    Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
    "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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      #3
      Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

      Originally posted by StaggerLee
      Hi.

      After trying Kubuntu and somehow screwing up my whole PC I'm trying to recover the partitions I made in Kubuntu for use in Windows. Someone advised me to boot into the live CD (Kubuntu 8.04) then at the terminal type gpartd.
      I tried this but nothing happens other than the message
      bash: gpartd: command not found

      Is there something I'm doing wrong there? I'd like those partitions back.

      Thanks

      Installed GParted and it finds my 3 hard drives. The one in particular that had Kubuntu installed on it was a 250 gig drive with 5 partitions. Looking in GParted it says Partition 'unallocated' File System 'unallocated' Size '230 gig' Used '- - -' Unused '- - -'

      Windows recognises the distinct partitions but can't do anything with the one's that were formatted to ext whatever it was!
      Actually you are fine. Unlike Linux utilities, Windows is incapable of doing anything with Linux partitions. What you can do in Gparted is allocate a Windows filesystem (NTFS, Dos, Fat32, etc.) to any selected partition. Linux fdisk can do the same thing and you can do either from the Kubuntu LiveCD. Once allocated to any Windows filesystem, Windows can do anything you need to that partition. Just be careful in selecting the partition(s) to be modified.
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        #4
        Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

        Not sure what the exact problem statement is here.

        You can recover deleted partitions by using TestDisk, even if you deleted/corrupted the MBR.

        You can (usually) recover (most/almost all) data from partitions using PhotoRec, even if you deleted the partition or reformatted it (I have done it).

        PhotoRec is part of TestDisk now.

        My "how to" (=> experience/links) is here:
        RESCUE Partitions & Data
        Data Rescue Links & Comments & Tips
        TestDisk -- PhotoRec -- Knoppix (or other Live CDs)
        http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3091847.0

        Please post further questions back here on the regular forum.
        An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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          #5
          Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

          Q,

          What is this "TestDisk" that you speak? Sounds like a good little "recovery" tool. I'm always looking for those!
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            Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

            Partition scanner and disk recovery tool
            TestDisk checks the partition and boot sectors of your disks.
            It is very useful in recovering lost partitions.
            It works with :
            * DOS/Windows FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32
            * NTFS ( Windows NT/2K/XP )
            * Linux Ext2 and Ext3
            * BeFS ( BeOS )
            * BSD disklabel ( FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD )
            * CramFS (Compressed File System)
            * HFS and HFS+, Hierarchical File System
            * JFS, IBM's Journaled File System
            * Linux Raid
            * Linux Swap (versions 1 and 2)
            * LVM and LVM2, Linux Logical Volume Manager
            * Netware NSS
            * ReiserFS 3.5 and 3.6
            * Sun Solaris i386 disklabel
            * UFS and UFS2 (Sun/BSD/...)
            * XFS, SGI's Journaled File System
            .
            PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover
            lost pictures from digital camera memory or even Hard Disks.
            It has been extended to search also for non audio/video headers.
            It searchs for
            * Sun/NeXT audio data (.au)
            * RIFF audio/video (.avi/.wav)
            * BMP bitmap (.bmp)
            * bzip2 compressed data (.bz2)
            * Source code written in C (.c)
            * Canon Raw picture (.crw)
            * Canon catalog (.ctg)
            * FAT subdirectory
            * Microsoft Office Document (.doc)
            * Nikon dsc (.dsc)
            * HTML page (.html)
            * JPEG picture (.jpg)
            * MOV video (.mov)
            * MP3 audio (MPEG ADTS, layer III, v1) (.mp3)
            * Moving Picture Experts Group video (.mpg)
            * Minolta Raw picture (.mrw)
            * Olympus Raw Format picture (.orf)
            * Portable Document Format (.pdf)
            * Perl script (.pl)
            * Portable Network Graphics (.png)
            * Raw Fujifilm picture (.raf)
            * Contax picture (.raw)
            * Rollei picture (.rdc)
            * Rich Text Format (.rtf)
            * Shell script (.sh)
            * Tar archive (.tar )
            * Tag Image File Format (.tiff)
            * Microsoft ASF (.wma)
            * Sigma/Foveon X3 raw picture (.x3f)
            * zip archive (.zip)
            Installable via Adept and/or Synaptic package managers.
            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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              Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

              Cool. So my Kubuntu USB stick can have this. Cool. I also have the Knopix DVD. Is it there by default?
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                #8
                Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                MoonRise --
                yes, on Knoppix; also on GParted Live CD (right-click to get it).

                USB Live stick -- OK, BUT, make sure you have plenty of persistent space because it stores large folders of recovered files, which can fill up the stick quickly ("no space left on disk");

                An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                  Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                  added --
                  when in doubt, just try at a terminal typing
                  testdisk
                  or
                  photorec
                  to see if it's there;
                  on System Rescue CD, too

                  See my how-to, esp the last post on PhotoRec (which explains another way to install the latest version and use it, which I got from Christophe Grenier--TestDisk/PhotoRec owner).

                  The TestDisk site is excellent, too, for its tips and much step-by-step.

                  You can use dd to mess up your MBR and see how well TestDisk recovers/rebuilds partitions/MBRs.
                  For PhotoRec, I once deleted files and then reformatted the partition they were on, and still got back my files (almost all).
                  An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Charles Bukowski
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                    #10
                    Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                    That's great! Thanks for the info on that and the "space" issue on USB.
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                      #11
                      Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                      Originally posted by StaggerLee
                      Hi.

                      ... I'm trying to recover the partitions I made in Kubuntu for use in Windows. ...
                      My understanding is that the OP wants to use his FORMER Kubuntu partitions in a Windows installation. Windows has always had a hard time with partitions that were allocated to Linux filesystem types. Am I misunderstanding the OP's intent?
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                        #12
                        Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                        Re-reading his OP, I think you might be correct. But until he posts again, we won't know for sure.
                        Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                        Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                        "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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                          #13
                          Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                          Thanks for the replies guys.

                          I knew why I formatted those partitions the data on them would be lost, I had no problem with that.

                          I was having a problem with getting those partitions back in use with windows though for some reason.

                          Testdisk

                          http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

                          was showing linux partitions even though I'd reformatted with windows to NTFS.
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                            #14
                            Re: Trying to recover partitions formatted for Kubuntu

                            As you reformatted the partitions as NTFS, I'll assume that your Windoze is XP or higher?
                            Windows no longer obstructs my view.
                            Using Kubuntu Linux since March 23, 2007.
                            "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data." - Sherlock Holmes​
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