rallee2{at}comcast.net wrote:
 
> Problem - booted to windows after an uptime outside windoze of over 3
months.  Had a network problem and the driver for the nic was located on a
newly installed 160G drive which windoze complained about.  Decided to let
Norton Disk Doctor straighten out the Fat32 partitions when it asked if I
was having problems accessing that drive (BTW I wasn't in either Linux or
OS/2) but since the last time I got that message and turned it down I had
lost my Fat32 partitions, this time I said OK.  I got back the 2 Fat32
partitions and an ext3 primary partition was undisturbed BUT 2 ext3 logical
partitions and an LVM created HPFS partition were gone - phoooey.

> Solution?  - I have a little familiarity with DFsee and also GPart
both of which I understand are capable of discovering/rebuilding partition
tables.  However GPart warns that it has problems with ext/logical
partitions and frankly as the HPFS partition was simply storage for backup
files awaiting burn to CD (of which I have others only a month old) I am
most worried about the ext3 partition.  Does anybody have any suggestions
considering I have written down the exact sizes and sequence (however not
exact cyl/sect) of all partitons on all drives as to how best might attempt
to get any or all of these non-doze partitons back?  Are GPart and DFSee
the best tools for non-dos type partitions?

Assuming you have a registered copy of the latest DFSee, 7.10, run
DFSDISK from the DFSee directory, zip up the resulting files, and email
them to support{at}dfsee.com. You'll get back instructions on how to
proceed.
-- 
"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
                                                Matthew 6:27 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/partitioningindex.html



 
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