Mint wanted to kill my partition, i aborted, now data lost?

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klimi

Mint wanted to kill my partition, i aborted, now data lost?

Post by klimi »

Hey there,
i just was pretty pissed off from windows vista, and i wanted to try linux mint as an alternative...
so i downloaded it , linux mint 11/ 32bit , and i ran it a while from the boot cd before i decided to install it.
It was pretty cool from live cd so i wanted to stick with it.
As most people I joined this board because i had a problem i could not handle alone...
On windows i had 2 partitions, one of them was defenetly ntfs, i dont care about the data on the 2nd

when i was installing it the installer told me he was formating my harddrive, and that was defenetly not what i ve expected...

i pressed abort and now all my data is gone...

right now i can just read and right files on the 2nd partition...
1st partition doesnt show up in *computer* .
i guess it would be possible to write a new partition list, thats how its called in german, i dont know if its the correct expression in english...
but how can i do that?

Greetings Daniel

i hope you aint pissed that i wrote my problem here too... :idea: :idea: :idea:
Here my pc data, need anything more?


Medion Notebook
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
PCI (sysfs)

mint
description: Computer
width: 32 bits
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 3018MiB
*-cpu
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P7350 @ 2.00GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.6
serial: 0001-0676-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 800MHz
capacity: 800MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 07
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:2000(size=4096) memory:f0000000-f2ffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G96 [GeForce 9600M GS]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nouveau latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:f2000000-f2ffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0000000-f1ffffff ioport:2000(size=128)
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:1800(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:21 ioport:1820(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1840(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1a.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1a.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 memory:f3404800-f3404bff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:49 memory:f3400000-f3403fff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:f3000000-f30fffff ioport:c0000000(size=2097152)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: WiFi Link 5100
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 00
serial: 00:16:ea:b8:a5:6a
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwlagn driverversion=2.6.38-8-generic firmware=8.83.5.1 build 33692 ip=192.168.178.22 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:48 memory:f3000000-f3001fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:3000(size=4096) memory:f3100000-f31fffff ioport:f8000000(size=1048576)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:1f:16:12:5e:33
size: 10Mbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half latency=0 multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
resources: irq:46 ioport:3000(size=256) memory:f3100000-f3100fff memory:f8000000-f800ffff memory:f8020000-f803ffff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:43 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:c0200000-c03fffff ioport:c0400000(size=2097152)
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.3
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:44 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:f4000000-f5ffffff ioport:f6000000(size=33554432)
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.4
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:45 ioport:7000(size=4096) memory:c0600000-c07fffff ioport:c0800000(size=2097152)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:1860(size=32)
*-usb:5
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:1880(size=32)
*-usb:6
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:18a0(size=32)
*-usb:7
description: USB Controller
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:f3404c00-f3404fff
*-pci:6
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: 93
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: ICH9M LPC Interface Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:47 ioport:18f0(size=8) ioport:18e4(size=4) ioport:18e8(size=8) ioport:18e0(size=4) ioport:18c0(size=32) memory:f3404000-f34047ff
*-serial UNCLAIMED
description: SMBus
product: 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.3
version: 03
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:c0a00000-c0a000ff ioport:1c00(size=32)
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@6
logical name: scsi6
capabilities: scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
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Re: Mint wanted to kill my partition, i aborted, now data lo

Post by AlbertP »

klimi wrote:i guess it would be possible to write a new partition list, thats how its called in german, i dont know if its the correct expression in english...
It's named a partition table in English. By the way, I've no idea how to create it.
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Myrmidon83

Re: Mint wanted to kill my partition, i aborted, now data lo

Post by Myrmidon83 »

Pretty sure you can use gparted to make a new partition list, run it from the live cd.

Also OP, you should have had 3 options at install:

Install beside other installed OS
Let mint use whole drive (wipes EVERYTHING)
Manually setup partitions.

Maybe you clicked the wrong one? I assume you wanted to install it beside your current OS?
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