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Cant Access Files

Asked by Luke Torode

I Have Had To Reinstall 11.04 I Have Installed It On Another partition As The Other One Want Boot For Some Reason. I can See My Other partition But I Cant Access My Files I Am Upset because I Have 10 Years Worth Of PIctures And Very Important Work Files Can Anyone Help
Thanks
Luke

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Why do you not a have a backup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you give the output of:

sudo fdisk -l; lsb_release -a

Thanks

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#2

What if your drive motor fails, where is your data then? I am absolutely astounded.

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Luke Torode (nissanskylinegtrr341) said : 		#3

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008cc9f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 38529 309480448 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 38529 60802 178903041 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 38529 60802 178903040 83 Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

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Luke Torode (nissanskylinegtrr341) said : 		#4

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0008cc9f

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 38529 309480448 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 38529 60802 178903041 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 38529 60802 178903040 83 Linux
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty

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Luke Torode (nissanskylinegtrr341) said : 		#5

please help

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#6

STOP BOOTING FROM HARD DISK. It could prevent you to recover pictures.
Boot on Ubuntu CD/USB key, and choose "Try".

Where were your pictures (which folder) ?
Could you see them in one of two mounted partitions ?
How exactly did you reinstall 11.04: by manually changing partition schema, by an automatic option, ....?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

If you run:

sudo mkdir /media/sda1; sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/sda1; sudo mkdir /media/sda5; sudo mount /dev/sda5 /media/sda5

Again, why is there no backup??

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

If you open /media in nautilus, you can then access both partitions

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Luke Torode (nissanskylinegtrr341) said : 		#9

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.