I gave TestDisk a go (as recommended by a message in GParted) and I got a message saying that space conflicts between two of my partitions. Could this be what the problem is? Does anybody know how to fix that? Here's the output from TestDisk on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/KVrPsgrN
On 2 May 2012 14:11, Barry Drake <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/05/12 14:40, Joe Alam wrote: > >> I checked in GParted and the entire drive shows as "unallocated". I guess >> this means there's some serious error somewhere on my disk? >> > > Is there any way you can view the SMART data? There are tools for Windows > as well as Ubuntu that can do the SMART tests. That should tell you if you > have a hardware drive problem or a partitioning problem. > > I'll start backing up some important stuff, but is there any way to fix >> this without removing partitions? >> > > I think I'd repartition rather than take risks. But fully test the drive > first. There will be a bootable drive tool for whatever make or type of > drive you have. I'd complete the backup before testing the drive just in > case it's close to total failure. > > > Regards, Barry. > > -- > Barry Drake is a member of the the Ubuntu Advertising team. > http://ubuntuadverts.org/ > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >
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