Thread: Silly Vista...

My Vista just all but ate itself >.<

Right now i'm running in Ubuntu, BTW. Y'know, its actually really nice to have Vista prove its idiodicy and not have to worry too much about it. I have another OS that can preform better!

But I still have some info on there that took a lot of time to make and I want to save it if possible. The problem is that I can't even mount the drive anymore. Any references I had to locations in there are now "unaccessible".

I unfortunately need windows for games and stuff. How can I retrieve my info so I can wipe away Vista and get XP on there?

Also, Can I install XP with Ubuntu already on here?

you can't mount it from Ubuntu at all?

Originally Posted by arby

My Vista just all but ate itself >.<

Right now i'm running in Ubuntu, BTW. Y'know, its actually really nice to have Vista prove its idiodicy and not have to worry too much about it. I have another OS that can preform better!

But I still have some info on there that took a lot of time to make and I want to save it if possible. The problem is that I can't even mount the drive anymore. Any references I had to locations in there are now "unaccessible".

I unfortunately need windows for games and stuff. How can I retrieve my info so I can wipe away Vista and get XP on there?

Also, Can I install XP with Ubuntu already on here?

If you're just using your Windoze partition for games, i suggest you get WINE. It runs basically every windoze game.

ah, I just checked /media..

Its mounted but its totally empty

So far I've had troubles with wine too =/

Originally Posted by arby

ah, I just checked /media..

Its mounted but its totally empty

So far I've had troubles with wine too =/

Wow. What are your system Specs and settings?

if it's empty, chances are it's not mounted

can you type

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

into the console and post the output

also, post output of

Code:

df -l

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Wow. What are your system Specs and settings?

I'm pretty sure its not my computer or Wine but rather something I'm not doing. I'm still in the linux baby steps bumbling stage.

Originally Posted by Ynot

if it's empty, chances are it's not mounted

can you type

Code:

sudo fdisk -l

into the console and post the output

also, post output of

Code:

df -l

fdisk -l

Code:

Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1       11572    92950321    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2   *       18402       19457     8482320    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           11573       18116    52564680   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           18117       18401     2289262+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           18117       18401     2289231   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Partition table entries are not in disk order

' The first partition here is my vista partition and the second is a Vista recovery partition that doesn't work anymore either. The rest is my Ubuntu installation

df -l

Code:

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3             51739516   6118832  42992452  13% /
varrun                  965244       140    965104   1% /var/run
varlock                 965244         0    965244   0% /var/lock
procbususb              965244       116    965128   1% /proc/bus/usb
udev                    965244       116    965128   1% /dev
devshm                  965244         0    965244   0% /dev/shm
lrm                     965244     38972    926272   5% /lib/modules/2.6.20-16-generic/volatile
/dev/hda                637196    637196         0 100% /media/cdrom0

Perhaps I should clarify "empty"? The folder sda1 is there but theres nothing in it. When I right click and see preferences, it tells me theres nothing in there with 41 GB free space. The shortcuts for the drives have dissapeared too