[Gllug] Rescue a hard disk (partially partitioned/ boot record error/ other ?)

[Liam Delahunty]

Jonathan Dye wrote on 26 March 2002 11:35
If it is complaining that it can't find fsck.vfat then there must be a
partition table there that says that hda1 exisits and is a fat (windows)
partition.
LVD: Oh, that sounds promising.

You could try running fdisk from a linux boot disk which will allow you to
view the partitions on the drive to ensure that you haven't removed the
partition or screwed up the partition table.

LVD: Thanks, will try tonight.

What happens when you try to start the machine without the boot disk?  What
error messages do you get?
LVD: Nothing, after it does the bios bit, I get a _ cursor...presumably
forever...

If you have a windows boot disk with fdisk on it then you could try running
fdisk /mbr from it and it'll rebuild you boot record the Microsoft way
which might be enough to get you working.

LVD: Thanks, will try that first, then if necessary the idea above. Thanks
for the suggestions and your time.

Kind regards,
Liam



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