Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:54:18 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Doug Jolley <doug@footech.com> Cc: grog@lemis.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Corrupted partition Message-ID: <36C28CAA.655CBEC8@uk.radan.com> References: <199902110328.TAA12973@footech.com>
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Doug Jolley wrote: > > >Is this the DOS partition? > > Yes. > > >You can't fix them with fsck. > > OK. So that's one of my problems. > > >If Microsoft supplies any tools for file recovery, use them under a > >Microsoft platform. > > What would you think about my just re-formatting the partition? > I'm well backed up. BTW, it's a bootable dos partition; so, > I would re-format with the /s option. > I'd be careful of using ``/s'' (I take it you're talking about ``format /s C:''?). As well as copying the system files it makes the disk/partition bootable and so will overwrite your MBR (and possibly alter the partition table). How do you boot FreeBSD? If you use Booteasy or similar it may not work afterwards. HTH. > Thanks so much for the input. > > ... doug > _____________________________________________________________________ > Doug Jolley mailto://doug@footech.com http://www.footech.com > Don't bogart that file, my friend. Net it over to me. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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