How did u try to mount that drive using live cd?
On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Anoop Alias <[email protected]>wrote: > Does doing an fsck from the rescue console do any good. Else google > for data recovery software in linux > > On 8/21/10, Krishnan K <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > The SATA cable and Power cable of my hard disk were loosely connected. > > I was running ubuntu 10.04 (lucid lynx) on my desktop. > > > > Due to a small movement the hard-disk physical connection (SATA / Power) > got > > disconnected. > > Now, I'm not able to boot Ubuntu. I get the grub and when I select > ubuntu, > > I get an error saying that the root drive - /dev/sda5 cannot be mounted > and > > I'm > > thrown into *initramfs* console like - > > > > *initramfs>* > > > > > > > > I then tried booting my system using a live cd and ran gparted > > (Still not able to mount that drive) > > > > Using *gparted*, I tried checking filesystem for errors/consistency, but > I > > got the following error -> > > > > > > *** (gpartedbin:4278): CRITICAL **: murrine_style_draw_box: assertion > > `height >= -1' failed > > > > ** (gpartedbin:4278): CRITICAL **: murrine_style_draw_box: assertion > `height > >>= -1' failed* * > > > > ** (gpartedbin:4278): CRITICAL **: murrine_style_draw_box: assertion > `height > >>= -1' failed > > > > ** (gpartedbin:4278): CRITICAL **: murrine_style_draw_box: assertion > `height > >>= -1' failed > > > > ** (gpartedbin:4278): CRITICAL **: murrine_style_draw_box: assertion > `height > >>= -1' failed* * > > > > > > Error mounting: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > > /dev/sda5, > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > dmesg | tail or so* > > > > > > I have some important files in this partition. Will I be able to recover > the > > files? > > Will I have to re-install Ubuntu formatting the partition ? > > > > Please help. > > > > Thanks > > > > Krishnan > > > > > -- > Anoop P Alias (PGP Key ID : 0x014F9953) > GNU system administrator > http://GnuSys.net > > _______________________________________________ > Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List > http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ > http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org > #[email protected] >
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