I have Dell laptop with Windows 7 as a primary OS. Also, I have Ubuntu installed. My hard drive became raw and I can't boot anymore ( whether from Windows or from Ubuntu). My last hope is to use testDisk to fix the partitioning problem. I ran the testDisk according this tutorial http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk ... _selection and this is the picture I got
In the first picture, the option that is highlighted has my Windows 7 OS files. The problem is that there is no star that indicates the primary bootable OS as mentioned in the tutorial. I don't know what to do?
RAW Partition Recovery ( dual OSs Windows and Ubuntu)
Forum rules
When asking for technical support:
- Search for posts on the same topic before posting a new question.
- Give clear, specific information in the title of your post.
- Include as many details as you can, MOST POSTS WILL GET ONLY ONE OR TWO ANSWERS.
- Post a follow up with a "Thank you" or "This worked!"
- When you learn something, use that knowledge to HELP ANOTHER USER LATER.
Before posting, please read https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
When asking for technical support:
- Search for posts on the same topic before posting a new question.
- Give clear, specific information in the title of your post.
- Include as many details as you can, MOST POSTS WILL GET ONLY ONE OR TWO ANSWERS.
- Post a follow up with a "Thank you" or "This worked!"
- When you learn something, use that knowledge to HELP ANOTHER USER LATER.
Before posting, please read https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf
- cgrenier
- Site Admin
- Posts: 5432
- Joined: 18 Feb 2012, 15:08
- Location: Le Perreux Sur Marne, France
- Contact:
Re: RAW Partition Recovery ( dual OSs Windows and Ubuntu)
Run TestDisk again but select the physical drive instead of E:
Re: RAW Partition Recovery ( dual OSs Windows and Ubuntu)
I'm getting confused with how to choose the type of partition (i.e. primary, logical, ...). According the link in my previous post, there should be (0 1 and 1 1) well this is not the case with me. The following pictures are I've done
In the below picture, I have set these settings (I'm not sure about them).
I don't know how can I choose the right type for each partition. Before missing with the setting, the Startup repair tool in Windows 7 ( using DVD ) recognizes the windows 7 but now after the messing with testDisk, there is no operating system recognized. The following picture shows the trouble
I still have some hope because the files are still there ( see the last two pictures ).
In the below picture, I have set these settings (I'm not sure about them).
I don't know how can I choose the right type for each partition. Before missing with the setting, the Startup repair tool in Windows 7 ( using DVD ) recognizes the windows 7 but now after the messing with testDisk, there is no operating system recognized. The following picture shows the trouble
I still have some hope because the files are still there ( see the last two pictures ).
- cgrenier
- Site Admin
- Posts: 5432
- Joined: 18 Feb 2012, 15:08
- Location: Le Perreux Sur Marne, France
- Contact:
Re: RAW Partition Recovery ( dual OSs Windows and Ubuntu)
The partitions should be marked as P(rimary), *(bootable), L(ogical), L(ogical), P(rimary) in this order.