Windows 8 Issue ???
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@wrx7m The drive is already online but the D drive showing as RAW drive
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@Lakshmana said:
The user need to install windows 8 in it.So installed the OS to the user.The user does not yet used the Windows 10.So he prefers to install windows 8
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
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@Lakshmana said:
@StrongBad the backup is not taken by the user.but there are many data present at D drive.He needs to retrieve it after D drive showing as RAW disk
You should have started with a backup first thing, before touching anything.
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@Lakshmana said:
@wrx7m The drive is already online but the D drive showing as RAW drive
Get a recovery tool like Recuva, see if it can see the files.
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@scottalanmiller Whether it is possible to recover data properly without any loss
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@scottalanmiller said:
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
What if that user had never used Windows 8? Would you put them on Linux?
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@aaronstuder said:
@Lakshmana said:
@StrongBad the backup is not taken by the user.but there are many data present at D drive.He needs to retrieve it after D drive showing as RAW disk
You should have started with a backup first thing, before touching anything.
He said that it was important data - that means that he should have had a strong backup process in place all along.
He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller Whether it is possible to recover data properly without any loss
Can't know that yet, don't know what happened. Likely the data is fine, but we don't know for sure. Recuva will probably see it all.
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@aaronstuder said:
@scottalanmiller said:
That's circular reasoning. Of course he's never used it if he's avoiding it. Now he can continue with the same excuse because it isn't installed (till it upgrades automatically.)
What if that user had never used Windows 8? Would you put them on Linux?
If they have used Windows 8 and liked it I would just take away their computer, they are clearly not ready to use one
Not necessarily Linux, but it should always be questioned. And ANYTIME someone refuses to go to the current Windows that alone is like a 90% chance that they should not be on Windows at all, in my book. If you don't trust and embrace your OS, time to move.
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@StrongBad said:
He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?
How does @Lakshmana they know that install was done correctly then?
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@aaronstuder Whether the installation of Windows 8 would be go like this?That is making other partition to RAW partition??
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@Lakshmana said:
@aaronstuder Whether the installation of Windows 8 would be go like this?That is making other partition to RAW partition??
Not normally, we would not expect this to happen. But any upgrade is risky, of course, and upgrades to Windows have never been advisable.
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The installation of the Windows 8 is done properly by deleting only C partition only but unfortunately the D drive got RAW.
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@aaronstuder said:
@StrongBad said:
He also said that the friend, not Lakshmana, did the upgrade. So who is responsible for backups if not the owner nor the person doing the install?
How does @Lakshmana they know that install was done correctly then?
The fact that the one drive is now RAW tells us that that can't possibly be true. And I'm sure he's just repeating what he was told by the person who did the upgrade.
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@Lakshmana said:
The installation of the Windows 8 is done properly by deleting only C partition only but unfortunately the D drive got RAW.
That doesn't tell us in any way if it was done properly. It also explains why it is seen as raw, it's mount was deleted.
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@Lakshmana said:
The installation of Windows 8 is done properly without deleting other drives(D and E).
How do you know this? The only way to know this to have done the install yourself, or have watched the install being done.
Get a Linux Boot CD, boot from the CD and backup the data right away.
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@Lakshmana maybe a picture of disk management would help
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It's already been recommended but I would definitely boot to a live Linux installation.
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@aaronstuder Sorry the picture of the diskmgmt.msc cannot be done.Because my friend was in other place.
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Also, for next time. If you have a hard drive you don't want touched, simply disconnect the SATA connector before installing Windows.
