Thread: Ubuntu 10.04 installation went horribly wrong

hello !


have 250 gb hard drive , 6 ntfs partitions: "local disk" (c), "movies" (d), "music" (e), "photos" (f), "applications" (g) , "documents" (h).

had windows 7 installed on c , today wanted replace windows ubuntu 10.04. since don't keep pretty important data on c, transferred needed h. now, booted ubuntu usb stick, went ubuntu live and, after checking , rechecking , rechecking make sure doing right thing, formatted drive c (64 gb) fat. went fine, drive formatted , of other drives unharmed.

ran ubuntu installer , when got point asked want install os, selected last option (advanced / customized - that). 2 options displayed: primary drive (~64 gb fat) , logical drive (~180 gb ntfs). selected 64 gb fat drive, rechecking make sure right disk drive. asked me whether wanted format 64 gb fat drive ext4. since know linux-specific file system, selected yes.

installation went fine, when rebooted computer saw that, except "music", of other ntfs drives missing. instead, "music" drive's size ~180 gb. see data "music" drive, none other partitions. strangely, drive mounted before running installer - don't know if might reason it's ntfs drive able access or not.

after research made on forums, found out "testdisk" program. analyzed disk , didn't find ntfs drives. did "deeper search" , after half hour or so, found partitions. there ! pressed p key , see directories , files.

now, problem this: when mark ext4 drive primary , ntfs drives logical, says it's bad structure. can fix this? i'm afraid might lose data. i've done other installations in past, none went wrong one. if mark them primary, work?


please !

mihai

welcome uf.
wouldn't recommend marking them primary. can have 4 primary partitions on mbr partitioned disc.
can leave recovered partitions (ie not change partition type)?

Forum The Ubuntu Forum Community Ubuntu Official Flavours Support Installation & Upgrades [SOLVED] Ubuntu 10.04 installation went horribly wrong

Ubuntu