Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:22:14 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot sector f*ed Message-ID: <20090811092214.e38fd90c.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <4A816EC9.7070408@videotron.ca> References: <4A816EC9.7070408@videotron.ca>
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In response to PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca>: > I just finished setting up 7.2 with all my programs installed, > configured & working fine with recovered files all working fine and just > as I boot up to start backing up everything... WHAM... the boot-up > kind-of hobbles and boots up. > I am called away from the computer and when I return - goodie, goodie, > there is a dump of some 177 mbs and the poor computer is trying to r > eboot... but that's it. And the > I scan the guilty drive and it's the very first, boot, sector that is > Baaaaaad. And the regenerator program doesn't go any further. :-( > Other than booting up with livefs and trying to copy everything to > another disk, is there something else that I should do? > I think it should work if I connect the drive to USB ... > But before, I thought I should listen to some sage advice... :-) > Anyone? TIA I think you've got the right idea. If the drive is funky, get your data off it while you can. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/
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