Re: Hard Disk trouble

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Aug 06, 1999 at 09:10:52AM +0530, Amol Gokhale wrote:

> Although this is a deviant question, I lost my d: while trying to fool
> around with the MBR. I was trying to recover the Linux partitions for
> windows. I badly needed the space for a project that has come along. Only
> the MBR has been damaged. Is there any way I can recover the d: without
> disturbing the rest of the partitons. BTW I got myself a new HDD for the
> project. So Linux remains as it is. Is there any tool that can do this for
> me?

Have you tried FDISK /MBR from either DOS/Win ? This will restore the MBR
and you can recover your d:. Boot to Linux from a floppy and run LILO to
save everything.

Note that you need to get the cylinder numbers for each partition right. 

	-Arun

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