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Re: Please help with fdisk DISASTER!

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From: Mike Holland
Date: Sun, 25 May 1997 00:00
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Adam Eberbach wrote:
> 
> I have accidentally repartitioned a hard disk using fdisk and if it's
> possible I have to reverse the actions.

Adam,
fdisk just changes the partition table. 'deleting' a partition
just removes it from the table.  I have 'detete'd and replaced a
partition before, without any dammage to the data in it.
As long as you didnt reformat it, or create a new filesystem, the
data is still there.
   Do you know where and how big the lost partiton was? It may
take some trial and error, unless you can search the raw disk
for the partition header.

I had to lose a lot of data before i got a decent backup system.
I hope you are more lucky.

-- 
Mike Holland <mike@golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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From: Mike Holland <news@golden.wattle.id.au>
Subject: Re: Please help with fdisk DISASTER!
Date: 1997/05/25
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