Once in a while, for those of us that like to play and test new Linux distro releases, update or customize system behaviour, we found ourselves in a situation that the partition table has been modified, some script did not finish or clean up properly and then you end up with a device which you can't access data from.
Once in a while, for those of us that like to play and test new Linux distro releases, update or customize system behaviour, we found ourselves in a situation that the partition table has been modified, some script did not finish or clean up properly and then you end up with a device which you can't access data from.
The following links are useful resources that contain either software or tutorials to understand what are you dealing with when facing this situation.
- How to load your favorite Linux distro in a USB memory stick:
http://www.pendrivelinux.com - System Rescue CD:
http://www.sysresccd.org - HOWTO: Restore Lost Partitions to a Deleted or Corrupt Partition Table:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=370121 - The Linux Documentation Project: Linux Partition HOWTO
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/recovering.html - System Rescue CD: How to Install SystemRescueCD in a USB Stick
http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick
If this is something you're experiencing and not feeling technically savvy to attempt the repair, please contact your local Linux user group or even pay an experienced sysadmin that can help you in this painful process of recovery of your data.
There are many other resources but so far the list included above has been the most complete.
Regards,