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- 22 Oct 2014, 18:40
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3918
Re: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
One question - the files it lists are quite old - I believe they are the original files that came installed on the machine. If I write those files, will I just be setting the computer back to the factory install? What I would like to do, is put my system back in the place it was just before I ...
- 16 Oct 2014, 23:16
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3918
Re: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
Don't know if this will help, but...
On the primary drive - testdisk says the drive is too small. After doing a deeper search - this is what it says:
Disk /dev/sda - 100 GB / 93 GiB - CHS 12161 255 63
The harddisk (100 GB / 93 GiB) seems too small! (< 193 GB / 180 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD ...
On the primary drive - testdisk says the drive is too small. After doing a deeper search - this is what it says:
Disk /dev/sda - 100 GB / 93 GiB - CHS 12161 255 63
The harddisk (100 GB / 93 GiB) seems too small! (< 193 GB / 180 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD ...
- 16 Oct 2014, 21:38
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3918
Re: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
Thank you, Fiona. Is this what you wanted? I could not get a screenshot, so just copied the text...
Disk /dev/sda - 100 GB / 93 GiB - CHS 12161 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>* HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 783 254 63 12594897
HPFS - NTFS 784 0 1 10864 254 63 161951265
HPFS - NTFS 784 0 1 12160 ...
Disk /dev/sda - 100 GB / 93 GiB - CHS 12161 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
>* HPFS - NTFS 0 1 1 783 254 63 12594897
HPFS - NTFS 784 0 1 10864 254 63 161951265
HPFS - NTFS 784 0 1 12160 ...
- 15 Oct 2014, 23:06
- Forum: Partition Recovery
- Topic: Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3918
Big trouble after trying to install Mint alongside XP
Hello,
I am in a mess, and not sure what to do, because I am not sure what kind of damage I have caused. So first, please accept my apologies for the following...
I have gone through the tutorials, but am not sure which direction I should go because I do not know if I actually deleted a partition ...
I am in a mess, and not sure what to do, because I am not sure what kind of damage I have caused. So first, please accept my apologies for the following...
I have gone through the tutorials, but am not sure which direction I should go because I do not know if I actually deleted a partition ...