unknown partition table

[Amos H. Weatherill]

I don't know if anyone has already suggested this but here goes :

Try reading the first sector of the disk to a file to see if the physical
disk has gone bad or if it is a problem with the partition data.

Signed.
Amos H. Weatherill

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From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Kevin
Cozens
Sent: June 30, 2006 5:13 PM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: unknown partition table


Daniel Armstrong wrote:
> Does starting with a zero table mean I lose all data on the disk? How
> would I recover the previous partition table? Thanks for any help!

It usually means you have lost all the data on the disk unless you know
*exactly* what the partition table settings were before. If you know the old
settings, you might be able to reset the table and regain access to your
data.

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