Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-12-03 Thread teddieeb
Finding the data is coincidence because you have created partitions with same sizes, still you have corrupted some entries in the partition table and you need to repair it. partition magick and alike tools do it. -- What I don't get is this, if you are able to access the data, doesn't matte

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-12-02 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > Windows XP and etch still can't access them! > I have done no thing wrong you have deleted them - created new partitions and saved the setup. Do you think it's fine? Finding the data is coincidence because you have created partitions with same sizes, still you have corrupted

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-12-01 Thread Long Wind
After I recreate the old partiton table with etch's fdisk I find that Windows 98 Installation CD can access lost partitions! It allows me to boot into command line and show files in dos 8.3 format Windows XP and etch still can't access them! I have done no thing wrong -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-12-01 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:05 PM, deloptes wrote: >> >> I think he has deleted the partitions and recreated them with almost same >> size but he has overwritten the partition table... >> >> He says "I played" ... with fire ;-) >> ... > > by "play" I just mean "use" > I have jus

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-30 Thread Long Wind
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 5:05 PM, deloptes wrote: > > I think he has deleted the partitions and recreated them with almost same > size but he has overwritten the partition table... > > He says "I played" ... with fire ;-) > > regards > > > > -- by "play" I just mean "use" I have just deleted the W

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-30 Thread deloptes
Long Wind wrote: > I have never deleted hd4 > It still works and can boot into etch > but can't mount hda2 or hda3 > even though they start and end at their old places > It complains: > > FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors > VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda2. > > I have tri

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-30 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:21:47 -0500, Long Wind wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Camaleón wrote: >> Did you delete the windows partitions or the above information is still >> valid? >> >> Your partitioning scheme looks a bit weird (there are no primary >> partitions but just one extended ho

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-29 Thread Long Wind
I have never deleted hd4 It still works and can boot into etch but can't mount hda2 or hda3 even though they start and end at their old places It complains: FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda2. I have tried testdisk It warns that the current

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-29 Thread Joe
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:38:29 + (UTC) Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:07:47 -0500, Long Wind wrote: > > > I play with etch's fdisk, now I can't access all files in Windows > > partitions > > > > At first my partition is as follow and they work: > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 20.8 GB, 20847

Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

2010-11-29 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:07:47 -0500, Long Wind wrote: > I play with etch's fdisk, now I can't access all files in Windows > partitions > > At first my partition is as follow and they work: > > Disk /dev/hda: 20.8 GB, 20847697920 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, > 2534 cylinders Units = cylinder