Partition Recovery?

[Dullstar]

No!!!  When Mr. K reinstalled the OS for me, we lost the Ubuntu partition!

How can I get it to work again (after all, it is backed up)?

This is important with the Programming Language thing, as I will need to test it in Linux to make sure it works under Linux, or at least under WINE.

[The Doctor]

Is the partition actually gone, or is GRUB just missing?

To check,...

• Click on the Start Menu
• Right click on My Computer
• Choose Manage
• Click on Disk Management
• Check if there is a partition that displays as if it is unused

If so, then GRUB was simply overwritten. There are guides all over the web on how to restore GRUB after a Windows XP installation.[/list]

[Mr. K]

He used Wubi.  There is no partition.

We do have the disk image backed up, but I can't seem to make XP's bootloader load it again.  I modified boot.ini back to how it used to be, and copied back wubildr.mbr, but no dice.  I figure I just need to re-install Wubi and then copy the old disk image over.

[Dullstar]

Yeah, just told me that it wasn't a real partition.  Did not know that before.

[The Doctor]

Ah yeah, Wubi. You will need to reinstall and copy the image. Easy as pie.