Re: Screwed boot partition using fdisk

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From: Mathieu (sdfdas_at_sdfs.com)
Date: 03/15/04 

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 15:31:49 -0500

yes Richard, but that is the last thing I want to try!

Richard <me@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:#JyuAprCEHA.2560@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Bummer Dude: Do you know how to reformat and re-install?
>
> "Mathieu" <sdfdas@sdfs.com> wrote in message
> news:OfEmtRqCEHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I've delete partition info using fdisk and now I can't boot anymore.
This
> > is a triple boot system (on the same drive): RedHat Linux, Win98 (C:),
> WinXP
> > (D:). I didn't do format or delete any other files on those drives.
> >
> > Here is the info left from Fdisk after deleting...
> >
> > Partition Type Mbytes Usage
> >
> > 1 EXT DOS 20607 72%
> >
> > If I go in "Do you want to display the logical drive info (Y/N)"...it
says
> > "No logical drives defined.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > If I boot using PartitionMagic Pro 7
> >
> > Partition Type Size Used
> > Unused Status Pri/Log
> >
> > *: Unallocated 8,016 0
> 0
> > None Primary
> > *: Extended 20,606 4,612
> 15,994
> > None Primary
> > *: Unallocated 15,994 0
0
> > None Logical
> > *: Linux Ext2 4,118 4,118
0
> > None Logical
> > *:SWAPSPACE2 Linux Swap 494 0 494
> None
> > Logical
> >
> >
> > Can I safely use the fdisk /mbr without screwing even further my
partition
> > info? Is it useful is this situation?
> >
> > I basically need a free utility or fdisk switch to revert what I've
done.
> >
> > thank you
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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