Ex. Harddrive overwritten lost 2TB data

[phillpower2]

Any chance that you can translate what the top two options say!

[Hichaos]

new volume
and
new comprehensive volume

its like there or no partition

[phillpower2]

Thanks and you are quite correct as the above are intended to be used when you want to create new partitions on a drive, as mentioned in my reply #10 the USB is shown to have 1863GB of free space which is how Windows reads it, in layman`s terms this = either a blank drive or data on the drive that is unreadable or as DISKPART describes it “dirty”.

[Hichaos]

I bought an 16Gb thumbdrive so i would say im ready for the linux part

[phillpower2]

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Required Hardware

CD Burner (CDRW) Drive,

Blank CD,

Extra Storage Device (USB Flash Drive, External Hard Drive)

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1. Save these files to your Desktop/Burn Your Live CD:
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[li]Download Latest Puppy Linux ISO (i.e.: lupu-528.iso)[/li]
Download BurnCDCC ISO Burning Software

There are instructions on how to boot from flash drive with puppy here; How to Create a Puppy Linux Live USB Drive ▷ Make Bootable

• [li]Open BurnCDCC with Windows Explorer[/li][li]Extract All files to a location you can remember[/li][li]Double Click http://www.geekstogo.com/misc/guide_icons/linux_puppy/1 BurnCDCC Icon.PNG BurnCDCC[/li][li]Click Browse http://www.geekstogo.com/misc/guide_icons/linux_puppy/2 BurnCDCC Browse Button.PNG and navigate to the Puppy Linux ISO file you just downloaded[/li][li]Open/Double Click that file[/li]
  IMPORTANT: Adjust the speed bar to CD: 4x DVD: 1x
  [li]Click Start http://www.geekstogo.com/misc/guide_icons/linux_puppy/3 BurnCDCC Start Button.PNG[/li]
  [li]Your CD Burner Tray will open automatically[/li][li]Insert a blank CD and close the tray[/li][li]Click OK[/li][/ul]
  [li]Puppy Linux Live CD will now be created[/li]

2. Set your boot priority in the BIOS to CD-ROM first, Hard Drive Second

[ul]

• [li]Start the computer/press the power button[/li][li]Immediately start tapping the appropriate key to enter the BIOS, aka “Setup”[/li]
  (Usually shown during the “Dell” screen, or “Gateway” Screen)
  [li]Once in the BIOS, under Advanced BIOS Options change boot priority to:[/li]
  CD-ROM 1st, Hard Drive 2nd
  [li]Open your ROM drive and insert the disk[/li][li]Press F10 to save and exit[/li][li]Agree with “Y” to continue[/li][li]Your computer will restart and boot from the Puppy Linux Live CD[/li]
  
  http://www.geekstogo.com/misc/guide_icons/linux_puppy/4 BIOSBootPriorityImage.png
  [/ul]

3. Recover Your Data

[ul]
[li]Once Puppy Linux has loaded, it is actually running in your computer’s Memory (RAM). You will see a fully functioning Graphical User Interface similar to what you normally call “your computer”. Internet access may or may not be available depending on your machine, so it is recommended you print these instructions before beginning. Also, double clicking is not needed in Puppy. To expand, or open folders/icons, just click once. Puppy is very light on resources, so you will quickly notice it is much speedier than you are used to. This is normal. Ready? Let’s get started.[/li]

3a. Mount Drives

• [li]Click the Mount Icon located at the top left of your desktop. http://www.geekstogo.com/misc/guide_icons/linux_puppy/5 Puppy Linux Mount Icon.PNG[/li]
  [li]A Window will open. By default, the “drive” tab will be forward/highlighted. Click on Mount for your hard drive.[/li][li]Assuming you only have one hard drive and/or partition, there may be only one selection to mount.[/li][li]USB Flash Drives usually automatically mount upon boot, but click the “usbdrv” tab and make sure it is mounted.[/li][li]If using an external hard drive for the data recovery, do this under the “drive” tab. Mount it now.[/li][/ul]
  3b. Transfer Files.
  [ul]
  [li]At the bottom left of your desktop a list of all hard drives/partitions, USB Drives, and Optical Drives are listed with a familiar looking hard drive icon.[/li][li]Open your old hard drive i.e. sda1[/li][li]Next, open your USB Flash Drive or External Drive. i.e. sdc or sdb1[/li][li]If you open the wrong drive, simply X out at the top right corner of the window that opens. (Just like in Windows)[/li][li]From your old hard drive, drag and drop whatever files/folders you wish to transfer to your USB Drive’s Window.[/li][/ul]
  For The Novice: The common path to your pictures, music, video, and documents folders for XP is: Documents and Settings >> All Users (or each individual name of each user, for Vista and above C:\Users$USERNAME[…]. CHECK All Names!) >> Documents >> You will now see My Music, My Pictures, and My Videos.
  
  Remember to only click once! No double clicking! Once you drag and drop your first folder, you will notice a small menu will appear giving you the option to move or copy. Choose COPY each time you drag and drop.
  
  YOU ARE DONE!!! Simply click Menu >> Mouse Over Shutdown >> Reboot/Turn Off Computer. Be sure to plug your USB Drive into another working windows machine to verify all data is there and transferred without corruption. Congratulations!
  
  [IMG alt="PuppyLinux528screenshot" width="690px" height="431px"]https://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa249/thesparkman/geeks/PuppyLinux528screenshot.png[/IMG]
  

[COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)]For computers that have UEFI as opposed to legacy BIOS, to be able to boot from your USB device you may need to disable secure boot and change UEFI to CSM Boot, not all computers and BIOS are the same, please refer to your user manual if you have one as the following steps are only one such example.

Restart the computer, Windows 8 and 8.1 from the Start or desktop screen move your mouse pointer over the upper or lower right corner of the screen, when the Windows Charms appear click the Settings Charm, click on Power and then the Restart option.

Windows 10, Click on Start,Power and then Restart.

While the computer is re-starting,you will need to continually tap or hold down the particular key that will allow you to access the BIOS on your computer, we will use the F2 key as an example here;

After restarting the computer, when the screen goes black, press and hold down the F2 key, wait for the BIOS to load.

Select Security → Secure Boot and then Disabled.

Select Advanced → System Configuration and then Boot Mode.

Change UEFI Boot to CSM Boot.

Save the changes and Exit the BIOS, commonly F10.

If your computer will not boot into Windows at all, power up or restart the computer continually tap or hold down the key that will allow you to access the BIOS on your computer and then do the following;

Select Security → Secure Boot and then Disabled.

Select Advanced → System Configuration and then Boot Mode.

Change UEFI Boot to CSM Boot.

Save the changes and Exit the BIOS, commonly F10.[/COLOR]

[Hichaos]

When i try to boot from the USB i get this:
"
Loading drivers needed to access disk drives.
Searching for Puppy files in computer disk drives …
Searching deeper, sub-sub-folders in partitions … lupu_528.sfs not found. Dropp
ing out to initial_ramdisk console …
/bin/sh: cant access tty: job control turned off
*

"

As you can see in the png the file is on the USb so am i doing something wrong ?

[phillpower2]

Did you change the boot sequence in the BIOS to USB device first, if yes, did you also disable secure boot as is detailed in the Puppy Linux tutorial.

Did you check out the other tutorial at the link that was provided, if not, see here

[Hichaos]

Did it all like the link sad and you CSM enabled, secure boot disabled, and boot from usb first

[phillpower2]

Other than trying the download instructions from the second link there is nothing else we can do tbh as you have the tools needed where you are and are the only one able to follow the steps as they are shown in the info provided.

Lucid Puppy Live USB Flash Drive Creation tutorial

[ol]
[li]Download and launch our Universal USB Installer, select Lucid Puppy and follow the onscreen instructions[/li][li]Once the script has finished, restart your PC and set your BIOS or Boot Menu to boot from the USB device, save your changes and reboot[/li][/ol]
If all went well, you should be booting from your Lucid Puppy USB. You will be prompted to create a persistent file for saving your session data on shutdown. Just be sure to choose your USB device when prompted.

[phillpower2]

Any update for us?

[phillpower2]

Any update for us? This thread will be closed if not replied to within 48hrs.