Access corrupt ubuntu partition in windows 7

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I've installed ubuntu as a dual boot option with windows 7 to use the data recovery tools on another corrupt disc.

The recovered files are on the ubuntu partition, but my ubuntu unstallation has now gone weird and wont let me login.

Windows does not see the ubuntu partition under disc management. Any way of accessing this through windows 7. I've installed ext2explore but it cannot see the drive as windows does not.

Any ideas?
 
Accessing healthy linux partitions from with windows is hit-and-miss. Largely miss. Trying to access a dodgy one is probably a bad idea, I'd suggest you boot from an Ubuntu live cd instead. Mount the linux partition and the ntfs ones from the disk, and rsync the data across.
 
Try a program called ext2ifs. http://www.fs-driver.org/

Used it many a time in Vista/XP and it worked great, not sure about your OS being corrupt either just sounds like your OS needs recovering, but your data should still be there. Even easier, just boot off a live CD like ubuntu, and mount the ubuntu partition.
 
Output of mount in terminal

aufs on / type aufs (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw)
none on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,noexec,nosuid,gid=5,mode=0620)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noatime)
/dev/loop0 on /rofs type squashfs (ro,noatime)
none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
none on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
none on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,mode=0755)
none on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/ubuntu/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=ubuntu)
/dev/sdb1 on /media/New Volume type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
/dev/sda1 on /media/2C5CB35D5CB3210E type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
/dev/sdc2 on /media/0E4888FF4888E735 type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)
/dev/sdc1 on /media/System Reserved type fuseblk (rw,nosuid,nodev,allow_other,blksize=4096,default_permissions)

The ubuntu partition should be on the same disc as /dev/sdc2 on /media/0E4888FF4888E735 (which is my win7 installation)
 
Disk /dev/sda: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0007df80

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 24321 195358061 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdc: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3b9bbaed

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdc2 13 24793 199044096 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 300.1 GB, 300090728448 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36483 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x3b9ba680

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 36484 293054464 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdd: 1028 MB, 1028653056 bytes
16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 3924 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x933b32b1

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 3924 1004528 b W95 FAT32
 
Which disk was the ubuntu partition on?

sda is 200gig and NTFS
sdb is 300gig and also NTFS
sdc is 200gig and also NTFS
sdd is 1gig and FAT32 (usb pendrive?)

EDIT - Also.. I cant see any free space on these drives where a broken partition used to be. Is there another disk in the pc that isnt showing up?
 
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I've managed to to reinstall gnome-power-manager through the terminal and now have ubuntu back up and running. Copying the files over to a usb drive.

Am confused and annoyed that I cannot find the damn ubuntu partition though. Will turn the pc off and note exactly how big my hds are when done.
 
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