From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 8 06:59:49 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA28133 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 May 1997 06:59:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za [163.195.219.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA28098 for ; Thu, 8 May 1997 06:59:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (localhost.nanoteq.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02601; Thu, 8 May 1997 15:58:41 GMT Message-Id: <199705081558.PAA02601@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za> To: "slammer" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 08 May 1997 07:49:58 MST." <199705081051.GAA13045@istar.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 08 May 1997 15:58:41 +0000 From: Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have tried to install FreeBSD on my system and somehow I LOST my c > drive!!!!!!!!!!!!! and everything on it.(i presume)Is there a possible way > to retrieve my lost data and uninstalling freeBSD?I cannot access my c drve > now.How can I repair the problem? > More details please! How many hard drives do you have, and where did you try to install FreeBSD. You may just have clobbered your MBR so boot up with a DOS floppy and try : fdisk /MBR Then check you DOS partitions with fdisk. If this doesn't work, you probably deleted your dos partition when you used the partition editor in sysinstall. Luckily you did make a backup of your c drive before installing FreeBSD ;) Feel free to reply with more details if you still have problems pierre -- Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen Electronic Engineer Powered By FreeBSD ******************************** * Nanoteq (Pty) Ltd. * * Specialists in data security * * E-mail : pvl@nanoteq.com * * Ph : +27 (0)12 665-1338 * * http://www.nanoteq.co.za * ********************************