On Tue, 2004-05-04 at 13:34, BlkPoohba wrote: snip > disk -l: > Disk /dev/hdb: 60.0 GB, 60022480896 bytes > 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 116301 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 1 54662 27549616+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > /dev/hdb2 54662 116301 31065992 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) > > When I came home Sunday afternoon my system was locked up. I rebooted > and I guess everything was fine because I was able to listen to my music > over the web while at work. When I got home last nite i could not > access the Full Albums dir. Now all of the dir look weird. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I also have /mnt/Video which has > home videos and pictures that i really don't want to loose. It would > always mount at boot. mount -t vfat /dev/hdb2 /mnt/Video but now i get wrong fs when trying to mount it manually because it won't mount at boot > > ______________________________________________________________________ > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list I looked at this with a hex editor shifting/inverting bits and such antics and could not find a realistic pattern that would alloy recovery. 1) If it is critical data then make a copy (of the corrupted data) before trying to restore the data -- don't trust any undo process. 2) Verify that this wasn't caused by a virus or hardware failure. 3) There is a possibility that the dos command <fdisk /mbr> may restore your data. Bee careful since once some changes are made they cannot be unmade. -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>