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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 17:13:57 +0100
From: Paul Walsh <paul@nation-net.com>
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To: David Nugent <davidn@blaze.net.au>
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Subject: Re: Primary partition info erased
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David Nugent wrote:

> Boot with the boot.flp boot disk, get into fdisk and rewrite the
> MBR.
> 
> >Are you going to tell me to reformat the disk, repartition and restore
> >from backups?
> 
> Ouch, no. Sounds like the MBR got stomped on. If you get fdisk to
> rewrite the MBR, then you should get to a prompt which asks you
> wish partition you want to boot from. Should be clear sailing
> from there.
> 


Actually it gets worse. The disk is not visible from fdisk , or for that 
matter in dos although it shows in the intitial BIOS detect and then that's 
it. 

Sound like it's dead?

Regards, Paul