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I am getting error 'operating System Not Found' when booting my Sony Vaio laptop with windows 7 OS. I checked the booting priority- first is internal HDD. In bios the HDD drive size show around 600 GB and so i think the HDD is not crashed. So I am trying to recover data from the HDD. I created one bootable flash drive of Ubuntu and booted. But the internal drive is not seeing in the left panel on desktop. please help me why it is so?

Below the lsblk result;

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 698.7G  0 disk 
sdb      8:16   1   3.6G  0 disk 
└─sdb1   8:17   1   3.6G  0 part /cdrom
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
loop0    7:0    0 975.9M  1 loop /rofs

Thanks

Tony
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  • Run lsblk from a terminal on Ubuntu and add the output to your question please. – Paul Tanzini Feb 27 '16 at 16:12
  • Hi Paul, Thanks for reply. Below is the output. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 698.7G 0 disk sdb 8:16 1 3.6G 0 disk └─sdb1 8:17 1 3.6G 0 part /cdrom sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom
    loop0 7:0 0 975.9M 1 loop /rofs     – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 16:48

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Install ntfs-3g

sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfsprogs ntfstools

Type: 

 su -i
 blkid

create a mountpoint

sudo mkdir /media/Data

Before editing /etc/fstab make a backup

sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.orig

Type:

gksudo gedit /etc/fstab

add this line to the end of /etc/fstab:

UUID=EXAMPLE01422 /media/Data  ntfs-3g  defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8  0 0

Replace the UUID with the one relevant for your partition as shown in your blkid output.

You can fix windows partition through the following command:

sudo ntfsfix <partition>

ntfsfix is like chkdsk for windows machines

Update: If you get an error after runing sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfsprogs ntfstools edit /etc/apt/sources.list 

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines:

   #ntfs-3g & fuse-2.5 repository: 
   deb http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main 
   deb-src http://flomertens.keo.in/ubuntu/ dapper main 

   #Givre's repository (ntfs-3g & fuse 2.5.3) 

   deb http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main
   deb-src http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main

save and update

GAD3R
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  • When I run the first command I got error ' sudo aptitude command not found'. So I executed sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g . Below the result; ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ntfs-3g is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo blkid But it stuck here... nothing hapens then... – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 19:14
  • i edit my answer , you are right . aptitude isn't installed you can use apt-get. – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 19:16
  • Ok. I executed the command. But got another error unable to locate.. below the result . NOte I an using bootable USB drive of Ubuntu and selected try option while booting(because I want to get the data from internal HDD)ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install ntfs-3g ntfsprogs ntfstools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package ntfsprogs E: Unable to locate package ntfstools ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 19:20
  • @Tony i update my answer – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 19:38
  • I think you are saying to update with nano /etc/apt/sources.list I executed and added those lines. but.. how to save and update it? i am sorry I am new in Ubuntu :( I coud't see a menu to save/ update in files also – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 19:57
  • To save press ( ctrl +O) and hit Enter to exit press ( ctrl +x) – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 19:59
  • to update type ; sudo apt-get update – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 20:00
  • when save. error permission denied – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 20:06
  • Run all command as root, type su then your root password – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 20:08
  • There is no root password so I just typed su only as blow(copied one line only). still permission eror. su deb-src http://givre.cabspace.com/ubuntu/ dapper main – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 20:13
  • Open terminal and type ; su -i – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 20:15
  • now saved. but it stuck at sudo blkid nothing showing... – Tony Feb 27 '16 at 20:28
  • You need to run blkid as root, type su -i ,enter your root password then type: blkid – GAD3R Feb 27 '16 at 20:35
  • i entered password. In root also the same problem. It shows nothing. Just blinking the cusror only – Tony Feb 28 '16 at 04:07