Re: Hard Disk trouble

["Y.V.Deval" <deval@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amol Gokhale wrote:
> 
Dear Amol

1) try fdisk/MBR in dos.

2) if that fails partition your new hard disk in exactly the same manner
as the old one , install the same software and then copy the MBR on to a
floppy and copy it back to old disk. 

best luck

Vijay

> Hi All,
> 
>         I am in a bit of a jam. This was the config of my HDD.
> 
>                 fat 16 - C:- 1000MB
>                 fat 16 - d: - 1500MB
>                 Linux Swap - 125 MB
>                 Linux Native - rest
>                 Total 4.3 GB
> 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?
> 
>         I don't want to pay for data recovery. The last time I sent my HDD
> for data recovery, the data was recovered, but the HDD was totaled.
> 
> Amol
>


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