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Topic: GParted don't see partition table

So i'm using gparted-live-0.8.1-3 and when i boot it it just sees empty hdd without any partitions. That's wrong cause i have windows on c: and junk on d: smile

Same thing for partition program on REDO Backup and for Latest ubuntu partition manager.

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Re: GParted don't see partition table

Would you be able to provide the output from the following two commands?

fdisk -l -u

where one of the options is a lower case "L" and not the number one.

parted /path-to-your-device unit s print

where /path-to-your-device is something like /dev/sda.

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Re: GParted don't see partition table

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5020311/DSC01693.JPG

and

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5020311/DSC01694.JPG

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The fdisk command seems to think something is wrong.

For the second command I would like to see the output from command line parted, not graphical GParted.

parted /dev/sda unit s print

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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5020311/DSC01695.JPG

Its just usual windows 7 partitioning method. Will run w7 setup disk and try repair function. Just to check.

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Nope, it didn't help.

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Was this hard drive ever used on a Mac?

The reason I ask is because Mac OS X uses a hybrid partitioning scheme that is a combination of GPT and MSDOS partition tables.  These partition tables can easily get out of sync.  There is a product called rEFIt listed on the FAQ page that can re-sync these partition tables.

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Yes, it was used on hackintosh. And then i installed (with formating) w7 back.

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If you plan to use the disk again on a Mac then you might wish to maintain the GPT/MSDOS partition table hybrid.  If not then you might wish to use only one of these partition table schemes and erase the remnants of the other scheme.

By default, MSDOS stores the partition table in the first sector.  GPT partition tables are stored in the 32nd sector, and also at the end of the drive.  There are links to these partition table setups at the end of the GParted documentation page.

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Re: GParted don't see partition table

Hi Gedakc!

I'm having the exact same problem on a Scientific Linux 6.1 500 GB disk.
Both the Live Gparted and the one included in the OS show the entire
disk as unallocated space.  Only the Red Hat Disk Utility 2.30.1 included
with the OS shows partitions.  However, it includes extra non-existent
partitions at the end of the disk.  When I try to delete one of the
unmounted partitions, it gets an error.  Other than that, the system
performs perfectly.

If I recall correctly from when I installed this system, I partitioned
the hard drive manually from the command line because the graphical
partitioner would not put the partitions on the hard drive in the
order that I wanted.

So, how can I get Gparted (or another utility) to show the correct
partitions?  How can I get Gparted to allow me to delete (or resize)
one or more partitions?  Am I doing something wrong?

I have included the output from the commands that you referenced
in the other posts below.

Thanks for your help,

C. Coulter
wizard2277@hotmail.com

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root -> ~ # fdisk -l -u

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb0bef47c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048     1026047      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2         1026048     7317503     3145728   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3         7317504    59746303    26214400   83  Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda4        59746304  1465149167   702701432    5  Extended
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5        59748352   101691391    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       101693440   143636479    20971520   83  Linux
/dev/sda7       143638528   332382207    94371840   83  Linux
/dev/sda8       332384256   521127935    94371840   83  Linux
/dev/sda9       521129984   605016063    41943040   83  Linux
/dev/sda10      605018112   976773167   185877528   83  Linux
root -> ~ #

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root -> ~ # parted /dev/sda unit s print
Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!

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root -> ~ # df -h
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3              25G  5.6G   18G  24% /
tmpfs                 499M   24K  499M   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda1             485M   30M  430M   7% /boot
/dev/sda5              20G  4.6G   15G  25% /u1
/dev/sda7              89G  3.8G   81G   5% /u2
/dev/sda6              20G  172M   19G   1% /u2-virt
/dev/sda8              89G  9.7G   75G  12% /u3
/dev/sda9              40G  2.2G   36G   6% /u7
/dev/sda10            175G   54G  113G  33% /u8
/dev/sr0              3.4G  3.4G     0 100% /media/CDROM

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Re: GParted don't see partition table

wizard2277, please open a new thread for your problem as the issue is different (Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk!).