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Originally Posted by relaxedcrazyman  i had an external 250gb. i was trying to install Ubuntu on an internal and it needed to create a partition on my internal HD to which i was installing. there was some error and the setup could not be completed. then when i went onto vista to just do regular stuff i find that my external hd doesnt show up in my computer and when i go to disk management it shows up as UNALLOCATED!!!  and now i cannot access the files on the external. Any ideas or suggestions on what i can do or is my data gone for ever? |
If you could tell us what the error was (or approximately like) it would help. Could it be possible that you selected the external HDD during install by mistake? Was it hooked to your computer at the time of install? Linux device naming conventions can be a little confusing at times.