Thread: Ubuntu is tough! Ext HD screwed up, OS was not booting, difficuit to troubleshoot!

hey all

i'm new ubuntu, have wanted give go while . . .so did.

followed instructions letter , yet . . .

> lappy wouldn't boot ubuntu, went windows 7 (although said didn't want windows 7 anymore when installing ubuntu). searched solution, founds loads incomprehensible me (i tried few thought). reinstalled ubuntu , worked (yay).

> ext hd - then, wanting watch film, plugged in ext hd. when looking @ contents saw same folders see when click on 'computer' . . . weird huh? (and yes looking @ external hd, can tell name , appear when teh device plugged in , disappears when unplugged etc). after ext hd no longer readable other computer in house (osx, windows 7) or tv! lost !

pain ! in space of few hours have lost use of lappy , 490gb of files on hd.

crazy how happen, followed instructions.

advice on getting access files on hd (when looked @ on disk utility, there icon called linux swap not there before, suspect ubuntu has written , reads to).

bonkers , maddening !

may ask ubuntu installed to? on internal hard disk? or external hard disk? if windows 7 still on internal hard disk , internal hard disk has first boot priority, windows load.

when install ubuntu creates 2 partitions. 1 ubuntu installed. other swap partition. usual ubuntu installed in primary partition swap being installed logical partition inside extended partition.

installation of ubuntu make use of existing swap partition rather create additional swap partitions. put in second hard disk , installed raring ringtail on , using swap partition on original hard disk. meant if ever removed original hard disk, raring not have swap partition use. no @ all. so, had disconnect first hard disk , re-install raring ringtail had own swap file on disk installed on.

so, did external hard disk have swap partition already? if not guessing allowed installer install ubuntu on external hard disk , not on internal hard disk.

no, not weird. consequence of actions user choose take.

regards

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