[Resolved] 'No Operating System Found' - Recovering Data

I have been using arch linux in dual boot with arch as my primary OS for three years now. When I turned on my computer today, it said "No operating system found". In attempts to atleast recover my data (from the arch linux partition), I created a live ubuntu USB and booted into it. But in the computer tab, where it should traditionally show all my hard disk partitions, it is only showing the data on the usb.
fdisk -l also shows only one partition.
I am about to conclude that my computer hard disk is dead, but am posting here as a last resort- is there any way that I can get my data out?
Last edited by Flicker (2014-04-22 06:33:51)

I'm glad you got it working.
Flicker wrote:I had backed up the drive a month ago, but a month is still a lot of work, which is what I wanted to get out.
Thank goodness you have at least some backup. I have a backup strategy where I clone my hard drive once a month, but I just recently also started a more frequent off-site backup.
Ooh, I should totally blog about my new backup strategy...

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