Thread: Recover files from corrupted windows hard drive

umm..
i'm new ubuntu , laptop i've had 3 years has gotten corrupted hard drive ruined , there no way boot installed ubuntu onto usb drive , booted recover files, first tried accessing hard drive...nope! didn't expect work got error

error mounting: mount exited exit code 12: failed read last sector (153225215): invalid argument
hints: either volume raid/ldm wasn't setup yet,
or not setup correctly (e.g. not using mdadm --build ...),
or wrong device tried mounted,
or partition table corrupt (partition smaller ntfs),
or ntfs boot sector corrupt (ntfs size not valid).
failed mount '/dev/sda2': invalid argument
device '/dev/sda2' doesn't seem have valid ntfs.
maybe wrong device used? or whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? or other way around?

hmmm no idea means looked guides online , told open terminal , type sudo /bin/bash mkdir /media/disk gives me message

mkdir: cannot create directory `/media/disk': file exists
don't know if came first time tried

told enter

mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /media/disk -o force

change /dev/sda1 whatever in error message
changed /dev/sda2

buuuut this

failed read last sector (153225215): invalid argument
hints: either volume raid/ldm wasn't setup yet,
or not setup correctly (e.g. not using mdadm --build ...),
or wrong device tried mounted,
or partition table corrupt (partition smaller ntfs),
or ntfs boot sector corrupt (ntfs size not valid).
failed mount '/dev/sda2': invalid argument
device '/dev/sda2' doesn't seem have valid ntfs.
maybe wrong device used? or whole disk instead of a
partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? or other way around?


i'd appreciate because need files

to check correct partition.....use command

code:

sudo parted -l

do have cd/dvd drive on laptop?

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