Azrael wrote: > > 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). > > > > > >
well... thats a royal cockup ain't it? you have 2 choices (and i'm not sure the first will work). If you can boot into XP somehow with Lilo, do so & try to convert back to FAT32. If that fails, you can reinstall XP & tell it to convert to FAT32 I believe. If not...well frankly I'm out on a limb now. Thats the extent of my knowledge because frankly NTFS cannot be written to by Linux. Its an almost guaranteed way to kill your partition by corruption. Anyone else? -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts." - Source: Dilbert
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