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On 6/5/06, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I found a useful little open source application while trying to fix a > PC today which had it's partitions deleted. The application is called > TestDisk and can be found here: http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk > > The machine in question was running NT 4.0. The partions on the > machine had been deleted and there was some important data on the > drive. As usual I had an Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD to hand. I managed to > boot the machine up, do a Google search and found the TestDisk program. > > When I ran the TestDisk program, it found the partitions on the drive > and restored the partition table. Now the machine boots fine! > > From what I read on the TestDisk Wiki, it can detect and restore lots > of different filesystems including FAT, FAT32, NTFS, Ext2/3, ReiserFS, > LVM, HFS & HFS+ etc. > > After looking a bit further, it seems it's also included with Knoppix. > I really must make sure I carry a Knoppix CD with me everywhere! :-) > > So folks, if you ever need to restore a partition, it may be worth > giving this a try. > > Rob > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > that looks handy indeed - it'd make a good mydsl extension Out of curiosity, did you try bootcfg first? or was it not the boot.ini? Kevin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html