Rescue Lost Partitions Data With GParted 0.8

GParted is a partition manager you can use to resize, copy or move partition without losing your data.

The latest GParted 0.8, released a couple of days ago, adds an option to rescue data from lost partitions: "This new feature uses the gpart command to guess the partition table. Discovered file systems can be mounted read-only so that you can copy data to other media". Bugs fixed in the new version include: fix paste destination partition smaller than source, prevent visual disk display area from disappearing and fix minor cylinder alignment rounding error. A complete changelog can be found HERE.

Install GParted 0.8 in Ubuntu

You can download GParted 0.8.0 .deb files below:

• Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat: 32bit | 64bit
• Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: 32bit | 64bit

To be able to use the new rescue data for lost partitions feature, you also need a package called "gpart" which is available in the official Ubuntu repositories. Install it by clicking the button below:

(this will only install the gpart dependency, not GParted)

Or open a terminal and type the following:

sudo apt-get install gpart

Gparted is also available as a Live CD. The latest GParted Live 0.8.0-1 stable is based on the Debian Sid repository as of Feb 17, 2011 and you can download it from the GParted website.

Debs thanks to LFFL.org

How to Install Palimpsest Disk Utility From Ubuntu Karmic Koala (9.10) in Ubuntu Jaunty

If you read our "what's new in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala" post, you must know that a new hard disk tool is now available by default in Ubuntu 9.10: Palimpsest Disk Utility, which was created by Red Hat and is a S.M.A.R.T. testing/monitoring tool, showing you the temperature and uptime of the driver, and also a partition management tool that allows you to mark as bootable, delete or label a hard disk partition. Basically, Palimpsest is a graphical interface for all disc-related tasks, from partitioning and file system creation to encryption, raid and lvm.

If you want to install Palimpsest Disk Utility in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), all you have to do is download and install the following packages (.deb):

• libgdu-gtk0
• libgdu0_0.3
• libsqlite3
• libatasmart0_0.13
• devicekit-disks_004
• gnome-disk-utility_0.3

After installing the above packages, you need to restart your computer.

Then, you will find the newly installed tool under Applications > System Tools > Palimpsest Disk Utility

[via UbuCentrum.net]