Recuperate data from hdd

[armando]

I had ubuntu in my computer. Recently it colapse.

I installed Knoppix to try recuperate the data , but the partions are not shown in the desktop. Why? I dont know.
I can not mount the partitions due to this problems.

Can I create a new partition on the colapsed hhd to install Knoppix there?

In step than run cd live Knoppix? Copy in a new partition along side the Ubuntu OS,
can any body pls comments.

Regards

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wps

[Werner P. Schulz]

If your operating OS is damaged and you want to save some datas from it, do not writing operations to this harddrive anymore. Only use a Knoppix Live CD/DVD or a flash disk installation and an external harddrive to save datas.

With the filemanager PCManFM (the second icon in the panel) you can see - if not damaged - the partitions of the harddrive and mount them by selecting with the mouse.

Otherwise, if there are no partitions, tell us the output from
blkidand
fdisk -l(lowercase "L").