19 Aug 10, 07:28AM
(This post was last modified: 19 Aug 10, 08:53AM by OpenSource.)
If you cant get your system to recognize you HDD you can always try with a Live CD like Ubuntu or SystemRescueCd to recover/rescue your files before you format it.
This can be run via you CD/DVD Rom and will not affect your other HDD's in any way.
That is if you dont choose to install but use the Live part.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
This can be run via you CD/DVD Rom and will not affect your other HDD's in any way.
That is if you dont choose to install but use the Live part.
http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page
Quote:Description: SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions. It comes with a lot of linux software such as system tools (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It requires no installation. It can be used on linux servers, linux desktops or windows boxes. The kernel supports the important file systems (ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, reiser4, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).
http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download
Quote:You can try out Ubuntu before you install it. When your CD or USB stick is ready, you can run Ubuntu directly from your CD or USB without affecting your current system.