[NTLUG:Discuss] Lost partitions, mount points, data????

[clayton.c.miller]

To All,
I have been trying to dump 'doz for a while but every time I try, it bites back.
This time I gave it some help.  I was trying to consolidate file space and free up some disk space.
I used fdisk to repartition 'doz and merge "d" into "c".  Looks like by doing this Linux kernal 2.4.8-26 reassigned the the rest of the partitions/mount points.  Of-course I cannot access a disk I was using to hold all my data files.
I need help reaching this data, fast.  All business data was on it.  No, I am still setting up my system and have not backed anything up.  That Priority has changed, once I can get to the data.

Can't boot.  System starts fsck and states it short reads the superblock.  Asks if this is a '0' length parition and wants to know if I want to repair it.  When I try to run fsck or e2fsck, or fsck.ext2 it tells me the superblock is corrupt and suggests I enter the following:

e2fsck -b 8139 <(i interpret this to mean it wants the mount pount or dev designation)>

When I enter this using various mount points or dev designations, it returns the same error.

I try the installation CD and allow it to get as far as assigning partitions.  It is very different from the original.  I was able to view the mount points, don't remember how I got there, while linux was running.  The kernal still thinks there is a 'doz win_c and win_d partition, not just the win_c I tried to setup.

Is there a way to fix this WITHOUT loosing my data.  Or if not, is there a way to recover the data once this problem is fixed??

I've been at this for 2 days now and need help.

Thanks to all in advance.
Clay Miller