i recently tried to install opensuse 12.1 on a laptop with Windows 7 already installed in it.
During the opensuse install, some weird things appeared, e.g. it didn;t recognize the windows partition.
I ignored it and proceeded with the installation, but after the reboot Windows was nowhere to be found
on the Grub. I logged on Opensuse and it didn;t even recognize the windows partition (note: the OSes are on the same hard drive, different partitions).
So i boot OpenSuse liveCD to delete the opensuse partition and log into windows again.
All goes well and after the reboot i got the typical ‘Grub not found’ error message.
I run from my flash drive the Windows 7 System recovery disc to run things like System Repair or chkdsk or Bootrec/FixMbr.
Thing is System recovery doesn;t recognize my Windows 7 installation
and its like it doesn;t exist. Even after the reboot it booted up on a grub console.
Why do you say fdisk does not detect it? /dev/sda2 looks to me like a
windows partition.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
Am 27.02.2012 11:46, schrieb Gikoskos:
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> Here is what the boot-repair got ‘Ubuntu Pastebin’
> (http://paste.ubuntu.com/858986/)
>
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That looks to me as if you have it deleted when installing openSUSE
(this is not the default behavior, so you must have chosen to change the
partition setup in the installer).
My only idea: restore your windows from your backup.
Maybe someone else has a better idea.
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PC: oS 11.4 (dual boot 12.1) 64 bit | Intel Core i7-2600@3.40GHz | KDE
4.6.0 | GeForce GT 420 | 16GB Ram
Eee PC 1201n: oS 11.4 64 bit | Intel Atom 330@1.60GHz | KDE 4.8.0 |
nVidia ION | 3GB Ram
On 02/27/2012 10:46 AM, Gikoskos wrote:
> I just want to have access to My windows installation.
>
did you make a backup of your windows system prior to beginning the
install of Linux?
you say you have now deleted openSUSE–how did you do that?
and, using the live CD, please show us the output of “fdisk -l” as it
stands now…
note:
you wrote “During the opensuse install, some weird things appeared, e.g.
it didn;t recognize the windows partition. I ignored it and proceeded
with the installation”
i believe it was a grave error to ignore that weird thing, especially if
you made no full system backup prior…
On 02/27/2012 12:46 PM, Gikoskos wrote:
> is there any way to restore just the files?
yes, from your backup.
but, if you do not have a backup and you formatted the entire drive then
… well, i really do not have enough experience with Windows to tell
you why files still existing might not be visible or detectable by
either your Boot Info Script or “fdisk -l”
so, if i were you i would tread very carefully and not assume all is
lost until you have researched more…
i will say: do NOT write to that disk again until you have compeltely
given up on pulling useful/important files off of it…that is, always
mount it READ ONLY, because if you allow writes to it, you may be
destroying data you wish to keep…
and, there are thousands of threads on the net about how to rescue hard
disk data…it is a very technical field and i know little about it
(except that if you formatted and installed new files over your data
it is probably gone BUT it might still be recoverable (like by the
CIA, which means it IS there, just VERY difficult to find)…lots of
folks know how, but i do not…
and there are companies and experts who specialize in rescuing data
but it is VERY expensive.)
On 2012-02-27 12:46, Gikoskos wrote:
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> Hi thanks for the replies,
> is there any way to restore just the files?
Yes: restore from the backup.
You have currently one Linux partition, primary, and one extended partition
without logicals. Windows can not be recognized there, I wonder what did
you have earlier.
You may try “gpart” to guess if there is a chance of finding another
partition layout and restore them.
