That actually helped! So thanks :) But there's a wist to the tale:
turns out windows installation turned the 'C' (hdb1) from fat32 to ntfs. it's that I am guessing is the cause of the partition changes. The result is that doing the 'rescue' suggested lets me recover hdb6 but not hdb3. I can't find the files I want in hdb6 ... big suspicion that they are in hdb3. Yet hdb3 must sit right next to hdb1 - I don't know too much detail about these things ... and so the changes of hdb1 might have overwritten the border of hdb3??? Any ideas? FemmeFatale wrote: >Azrael wrote: > > >>I did a stupid thing. I'll admit that right upfront. >> >> > >Not at all, you just didn't realize how to fix this :) > > > >>Can anyone help me recover my essential files? Is there a way to 'fix' >>the partition table? Is there a way to boot anyway and get to my files? >> >>Heeeeelllppppp!!! >> >>-- many thanks >> >>Azrael >> >> >> > >Hm... Do I help or not? Oh why not? Put CD1 in drive, boot off it, at >prompt hit F1, type rescue, then let it do its thing. Let it reinstall >Lilo. Done deal. You may have to cancel everything too and just >reinstall the kernel (Not X,files or anything else). > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >
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