Recover Lost Partition using Ubuntu/Kubuntu

there are times when i accidentally wiped out my entire 500GB external hdd.

Mostly because of my windows try and error.

That can be solved (recover partition) using FileScavenger.exe, in windows, but the software itself is not free, though it is indeed useful.

Thus, here i got my Kubuntu, and some Google help, here i go:

1. get testdisk first: sudo apt-get install testdisk. the size currently is a little over 1MB only.
2. the run sudo testdisk
3. Follow the graphical guide below:

 select "create" to create a new log

 highlight your desired hdd to recover

 select intel of your hdd is ntfs/fat32 based

 select analyse to analyse the hdd

 after a quick search, you'll see the partitions that it guessed in the hdd

(in my case, i've lost xwork and new volume, and it is now visible here, but just a few steps from being recovered)

 select the partitions to recover, press Enter to continue

 select Write to write the partition information into the hdd back

 just confirm it

 and now, press Enter, plug out the hdd, and plug it back in to see the immediate effect.

That's it, now i got my lost partitions back, fast and quite easy, but more importantly, "testdisk" is FREE and RELIABLE (if you knew what you're doing though=)

Kubuntu Login Loop

I found that, after a dist-upgrade of Kubuntu 11.10, and you had your nVidia driver installed, you'll be greeted with a login loop after you restart your PC.

This had been normal, due to the fact that the driver needs to be update-notified with the new updates. (?)

what to do?

1. make sure you still had your *.run nvidia driver in your /home directory.
2. reinstall the driver. refer to my post on how to install nvidia driver.

that's it, you can login normally afterward.

peace.

Automount USB Drives with Dolphin

At default setting, Kubuntu does not mount usb drives automatically, unlike that of Gnome on Ubuntu.

Well, it does notify you, but it wait for your action. However, due to the nature of my own, i need them to be mounted upon attachment.

Here's what i did.

1. Go to the KDE menu
2. Search for "Removable Devices"
3. You'll be greeted with the window as below:

1. Choose your desired setting, as it's not that difficult to understand.