I am entirely new to Ubuntu. I installed v14.04 LTS on the C drive of a functional PC which has a working D drive containing data. Ubuntu does not recognise it. I have looked at similar requests for help but have not yet succeeded in solving the problem. My partitions search produced this:
11 0 1048575 sr0
11 1 1048575 sr1
8 0 312571224 sda
8 1 309686272 sda1
8 2 1 sda2
8 5 2882560 sda5
What does this tell me and what can I do, please?
The result of sudo fdisk -l was:
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 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: 0x000c2ac6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 619374591 309686272 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 619376638 625141759 2882561 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 619376640 625141759 2882560 82 Linux swap / Solaris
SOLVED after a fashion. There was no power to the drive! Presumably dislodged by replacing case. Ubuntu did not read it when powered up, so loaded drive into a dock on a Windows PC, reformatted it, Ubuntu now reads it OK. Will soon have to ask a new question about how to create a home network sharing Ubuntu and Windows. If only instructions were clear for us oldies! Many thanks for your help on this one.
