Should be simple partition restore but isn't pls help
January 11th, 2012, 15:38
Hello all,
I was trying to dual-boot ubuntu 11.10 (win 7 64bit native) and in my sleep deprived state deleted an "odd looking" partition from my secondary hdd thinking it was a virus. Of course, it was just for some games I'd installed to that drive
but somehow that caused my OS to be completely F###ed to the point that my comp doesn't think there is an OS at all.
I thought it would be no big deal recovering it with testdisk but it hasn't found the missing partition. I did a full search which took several hours but still nothing appeared.
Nothing has been written to the HDD since I deleted the partition (to my knowledge. virus?).
Further info:
- win 7 is installed to an ssd, the partition I deleted was on a secondary hdd. I have 2 hdds and 1 ssd total.
- I keep getting a message in ubuntu "Hard Disk Problems Detected" which pops up about a hundred times in a row, and it says that my SSD is "being used outside design parameters" possibly just because it's an ssd? Or maybe the source of problems?
- I'm running ubuntu 11.10 from a micro-sd usb, as my optical drives won't appear in bios (partly why I thought I had a virus)
- All 3 internal storage devices are on sata3
At the least, can anyone recommend a different program that might work?
Please help me save my baby!
Specs: i7 2600k @ OC'd, Asrock Extreme6 mobo, nVidia GeForce GTX 570, 4x4gb g.skillz ripjaw, OCZ agility 3 SSD, Seagate baracuda green 2tb, Seagate baracuda 1tb (has the deleted partition).
I was trying to dual-boot ubuntu 11.10 (win 7 64bit native) and in my sleep deprived state deleted an "odd looking" partition from my secondary hdd thinking it was a virus. Of course, it was just for some games I'd installed to that drive
but somehow that caused my OS to be completely F###ed to the point that my comp doesn't think there is an OS at all.I thought it would be no big deal recovering it with testdisk but it hasn't found the missing partition. I did a full search which took several hours but still nothing appeared.
Nothing has been written to the HDD since I deleted the partition (to my knowledge. virus?).
Further info:
- win 7 is installed to an ssd, the partition I deleted was on a secondary hdd. I have 2 hdds and 1 ssd total.
- I keep getting a message in ubuntu "Hard Disk Problems Detected" which pops up about a hundred times in a row, and it says that my SSD is "being used outside design parameters" possibly just because it's an ssd? Or maybe the source of problems?
- I'm running ubuntu 11.10 from a micro-sd usb, as my optical drives won't appear in bios (partly why I thought I had a virus)
- All 3 internal storage devices are on sata3
At the least, can anyone recommend a different program that might work?
Please help me save my baby!
Specs: i7 2600k @ OC'd, Asrock Extreme6 mobo, nVidia GeForce GTX 570, 4x4gb g.skillz ripjaw, OCZ agility 3 SSD, Seagate baracuda green 2tb, Seagate baracuda 1tb (has the deleted partition).
Re: Should be simple partition restore but isn't pls help
January 11th, 2012, 18:43
Could any of the issues i've mentioned be the cause of a virus? I'm surprised i'm not getting any feedback at all... 
Re: Should be simple partition restore but isn't pls help
January 12th, 2012, 8:36
To my knowledge, a virus cannot make your bios show/hide devices. It can only affect the way your OS operates and in some cases alter the contents of your hdd.
Having said that, I think your best bet is to remove that 1TB Seagate drive from your machine, clone it using some sector-by-sector utilities (ie. NOT Ghost) and then connect the clone onto another machine. Then run R-Studio on this other machine and see what it outcomes.
I have a feeling this is motherboard related.
PS. If you insist on working on your own machine, i strongly suggest you turn - off ALL overclockings.
Good luck.
Having said that, I think your best bet is to remove that 1TB Seagate drive from your machine, clone it using some sector-by-sector utilities (ie. NOT Ghost) and then connect the clone onto another machine. Then run R-Studio on this other machine and see what it outcomes.
I have a feeling this is motherboard related.
PS. If you insist on working on your own machine, i strongly suggest you turn - off ALL overclockings.
Good luck.
Re: Should be simple partition restore but isn't pls help
January 13th, 2012, 19:15
I agree with the above to clone the drive and do your work on the image. One other suggestion on the problem - I once had a very nasty virus that moved the boot sector by 1. This made the drive unbootable. I used a utility to rebuild the boot sector and recover all data. Don't remember off the top of my head which I used but do a search and you should find one. Good luck.
Re: Should be simple partition restore but isn't pls help
January 13th, 2012, 19:23
You could try Active@ Partition Recovery. It succeded for me in similar cases. ...Or manually rewrite partition info with Ranish Partition Manager. 
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