Hard drive partition lost its allocation.
Hard drive partition lost its allocation.
I was attempting to manage read and write access on my drives when the PC crashed in the middle of the process. It entered 'initframs' and I exited, but upon checking my home directory, one partition appeared unallocated. I’m confused about what to do next and don’t have much data left. Someone can assist me.
Initially, stay calm—it seems like you might have misconfigured some files. The best approach is to start with a live installation (most installers include one) and back up your data. It will automatically detect your partitions. Third, have you changed the permissions of the entire drive? Probably not—there’s no need to do that unless you specifically require it. If you still want access to certain files, use sudo instead.
The live setup can simply attach your partitions. It recognizes them just like any regular hard drive on your computer.
It's possible the missing partition isn't visible due to a previous partition.
Begin with @Meet8939, stay calm. Unless you caused significant damage, your information might still be salvageable. Avoid rushing the recovery process—don’t write anything on the device until the issue is confirmed. Consider these steps: Keep the drive in read-only mode, such as using a live USB. Share the output of 'fdisk -l' if your partitions are missing. If you have access to rescue commands, they can scan for filesystems and attempt to rebuild partitions. Before altering anything, back up the partition table. Mount only read-only (ro) and run fsck without saving changes. If you encounter errors, it means the partition was misidentified—delete and recreate it. For fstab-only setups, use 'blkid' and 'lsblk' to diagnose problems. Good luck!
I was attempting to obtain read and write access on a specific hard drive partition. I looked up online instructions, which suggested using the 'chmod' command but it didn’t function properly. While researching, I discovered a way to unmount and then re-mount the drive via Terminal, allowing me to use 'chmod' successfully. I was able to create folders and copy-paste data. As I tried applying this to all partitions, I noticed some free spaces between them, so I included them in the partition setup. However, after rebooting one of the more fragmented partitions, it disappeared because its name changed with the space it occupied. Thank you for your assistance. I found an online tool called 'testdisk' that restored all drives to their original state. Thanks for your help.