Testdisk recover partition1/9/2024 Warning: /dev/sda contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a GPT table. Is there any way to at least return to the previous situation, and access the files, which anyway shouldn't have been erased? I tried to run again testdisk, but it didn't behave in the same way: I couldn't find the deleted partition I restored anymore, even with the deeper search. Unfortunately all went wrong and the partition became unmountable and unreadable. Now, I had the dreadful idea to use boot-repair to fix the boot-loader, in order to boot from Windows: since all the files and folders where in place, it seemed possible. The partition was mounted and easily accessible, but not bootable, maybe because I flagged it as logical in testdisk. It worked, and I was able to navigate and restore the Windows partition, which is the one I'm interested to recover, since all my files are placed there now. I installed testdisk in the USB Live and waited the hours the deeper search needed to successfully access the deleted partitions. ![]() This basically deleted all the present partitions, which became unaccessible, both Windows and Linux.Īfter many useless tears, I put myself into learning how to recover partitions. However, few days ago I felt that it was time to update to the newest Mint 17.1: I created a Live USB (from which I'm typing now), made a backup of my Linux files onto the partition which hosts the pre-installe Windows 8.1, and booted from the USB.įrom there I made the first big mistake: I used the option to automatically install the new Mint on top of the old one, I think it's the first one that appears in the list after the confirmation of the available space and the internet connection. It's years that I'm used to working on a dual-boot system, and I have always been able to install previous versions of Linux Mint alongside with the pre-installed Windows with few issues. I'll try to explain the situation I found myself in after a series of errors while installing Linux Mint 17.1. Just let me know what I need to explain better. ![]() Hello everybody, first post so excuse for any misnaming and missing information.
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