JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ALL:

Howdy Jim,  long time!

 JH> Disaster struck when he went to install Win98FE from an OEM disc.
 JH> It appears that the Linux FDISKed the HDD to full 65GB, and in the
 JH> Win98 installation process, somehow, Windows FDISK was run. 
 JH> Win98FE has a problem with HDD>64MB, and it appears that the damn
 JH> thing wrapped-around the HDD addressing, overwriting his MBR.  He
 JH> now says that the HDD is dead beyond any recovery, can't be FDISKed
 JH> or even recognized in his system.

 JH> Question - -  how can his HDD be saved?

My inclination would be to boot a dos floppy and try "fdisk
/mbr",  or maybe tomsrtbt,  and use their fdisk...

 JH> Thanks in advance.  I have a procedure in mind, but I think at this
 JH> point Wayne will be more comfy with advice from someone other than
 JH> myself.

Wondering if perhaps there's something peculiar to the version of windoze,
it being OEM and all.

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