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I am not able to boot into my laptop. I have dual boot windows7(64 bit)/Ubuntu 12.04(32 bit). I tried a 64 bit Live CD (didn't have 32 bit one at hand) and followed procedure here - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair

There is no "Recommended repair" option; only thing I can do is print bootinfo which is available here http://paste.ubuntu.com/1412348/. It shows a horrible message "no valid partition table found".

Is there any scope that this can be fixed / data can be retrieved from partitions?

Thanks.

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While using the live CD, can you mount your partitions? If you can, then make a backup of your files on an external disk before attempting anything. – To Do Dec 5 '12 at 12:47
@ToDo I'm not sure how to do that. Output of sudo fdisk -l is empty !:( – user13107 Dec 5 '12 at 12:53
I'm afraid you're left with testdisk to try as your lasr resort. – To Do Dec 5 '12 at 14:18
@user13107 Did you make sure that the HDD is visible in the LiveCD? Because from the Boot-Repair log it seems that your HDD isn't screwed up but that the LiveCD isn't detecting your HDD . Open Disk Utility in the LiveCD and check to see if your HDD shows up. If not, then your Issue might not be as dire as you may think. Try a 32-bit LiveCD to see if that makes a difference. Also let us know if your PC has any special Setup that may complicate things (ie: Raid, etc...). – japzone Dec 5 '12 at 15:20
Thanks for suggestion @japzone. I will be able to try with 32 bit LiveCD tomorrow. For now, I can't see the partition in Disk Utility or gparted either. I'm not sure if the laptop has any special setup, doesn't have raid for sure. – user13107 Dec 5 '12 at 15:51
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Problem got solved when the repairman removed and re-fitted the HDD. Some screws were not tight it seems. As this is not a "complete" answer to "is there a scope for data recovery" I'm not accepting it.

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