xxAtimiskxx Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 so i created a partition and restarted my computer. but when it booted and i loged in there was no partition but it took up the harddrive space. so does anyone know what happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickisgod1 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 what?, first off what os are you using, are you sure you wrote the parition table? what FS did you format the partition with if any? what do you mean the partition is not there? did you use a tool to resize an existing partition to create another, or did you partition currently available freespace on you drive. what tools are you using to try and see the partition,? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 ok im using norton partition magic on windows. i created a new partition and i restarted my computer like it said to then when my computer booted back up no extra drives were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 if you can pop in a Ubuntu disk and 'gparted' it's happend to be before if you make the partition just a BIT larger it should fix your problem (it may take a few tries to get it to a working size) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 go more into detail with this solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Did you look at disk management? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 have you formated the partition?, if you shrunk an existing partition did it automatically create a second one or is it unassigned space. You know you really shouldn't be messing with low level disk tools if you not sure what your doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 have you formated the partition?, if you shrunk an existing partition did it automatically create a second one or is it unassigned space. You know you really shouldn't be messing with low level disk tools if you not sure what your doing. how else does he learn what he's doing... it's his data he can do what ever he wants to itGet a ubuntu 6.06 live desktop cd boot it up click on the system menu at the top left (3rd menu) I the administration sub pannel (i think) theres a tool called Gparted or Partition 'something' start that up resize the borked partition a TINY bit larger and apply changes it should give you an img of the partition with no free(white) space following make it a bit larger the white space following the partition should appear .... rinse and repeat as required all your data might be gone if you need some more help let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Get a ubuntu 6.06 live desktop cd That version is out of date, 6.10 is the latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 all your data might be gone :D Edit: Oh, and uber_tom had a point, it's possible nothing will show up unless you format it. So... well... try formatting, it's better than accidentally erasing all your data... :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Get a ubuntu 6.06 live desktop cd That version is out of date, 6.10 is the latest. This I know however 6.06 is LTS so it's still up to date...kinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 for Windows: right click My Computer > Manage > Disk Managment Then check to make sure that the new partition is active, you may have created it, but that doesnt mean its in play. (this is uber_tom's idea expanded) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 but theres one problem when i open partitionmagic the prtition dosnt even show up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melodic Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 j00 bl4tently g0t PWNT by the partition pixies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 melodic your so nice lol. anyway i tried the ubuntu gparted method but that didnt even work. does it help if i tell you i created the partitions in ntfs format? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Ok, please help us understand so we can help you ^^ Answer the following questions in as much detail as you can: What was your set up like before you attempted to change the partition layout (drive size and partition sizes would be nice)? What was the desired effect of the editing of the partition layout? What exactly did you do in partition magic? What was the actual effect of the changing of the partition layout (according to gparted, specifying partition and drive sizes)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 What was your set up like before you attempted to change the partition layout (drive size and partition sizes would be nice)? well this is the second time ive tried to create a partition using partion magic but i orginally had a 160 gig harddrive with on backup partition What was the desired effect of the editing of the partition layout? i wanted to dual boot linux and windows What exactly did you do in partition magic? i clicked on the disk one icon and i pressed create partition. then when it said what partion size and format (junk like that) i pressed 7000mb and ntfs format. What was the actual effect of the changing of the partition layout (according to gparted, specifying partition and drive sizes)? nothing showed up in gparted accept the regualr harddisk and the recovery harddisk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 Two things before I give my response: 1. Most Linux installations are bigger then 700MB. 2. NTFS is still pretty hostel to Linux, should have selected FAT, plus that would distinguish it form the other partitions more easily. If all the free space of the disk is used (I assume windows wouldn't let you use 8MB of the free space because the windows installer is retarded), then just telling partition magic to create one should have given you an error or a popup asking which partition to resize. If neither occurred I would say that when you thought you created a partition, what actually happened was nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 well hmm then what happend to my harddisk space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 the partitions fill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted January 20, 2007 Share Posted January 20, 2007 My suggestion... Fire up ubuntu resize the partition to it's normal size and make sure windows works... Then restart and let the ubuntu installer use free space for ubuntu that should solve all your problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 someoneelse i tried that the partition didnt show up in gparted ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxAtimiskxx Posted January 20, 2007 Author Share Posted January 20, 2007 Sparda you were right nothing happend the partitions were never created. My friend being a noob created two .img to run some software i dont remeber the name and he forgot to delete them so thak you for your help everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uber_tom Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 You know you really shouldn't be messing with low level disk tools if you not sure what your doing. good point uber_tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 21, 2007 Share Posted January 21, 2007 lol, quoting your self , how vain ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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