Re: Recovery of Linux after a problem windows 8 install

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On 14/03/14 20:09, Alex King wrote:
> Matt Dwyer asked me to post to the list to ask if anyone has experience
> with problems after installing Windows 8.
>
> Briefly, he installed windows 8, which went OK, but after re-running
> grub so he could access both linux and windows, he lost his /home
> partition (it wasn't really lost, but the partition table entry wasn't
> right so it wouldn't mount.
>
> After some work with a partition tool, he has recovered /home, but his
> windows 8 partition and linux root partition are now somehow merged into
> one - although he can still see the files on them if he boots into his
> disk/partition tool.
>
> Needless to say he has bought second  drive and is dd-ing the disk on to it.
>
> However, he asks: does anyone have any experience with recovering disks
> after a disaster windows install?
>
> Cheers,
> Alex
>
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