[NTLUG:Discuss] OT-Partition tools
Robert Citek
rwcitek at alum.calberkeley.org
Mon Nov 17 02:33:29 CST 2003
On Saturday, November 15, 2003, at 11:34 AM, David Ross wrote:
> I seem to have ruined my partition table and need to know if there is a
> program similar to Partition Magic (something free or cheaper then PM)
> that can rescue my HD.The FAT32 section is still ok,but the other 20
> gigs
> are unaccessible(?). FDISK won't delete the extended partition because
> of
> logical drives,but it won't delete the logical drives because it says
> they
> are not defined.
So, you want to simply remove the existing logical and extended
partitions, but keep the fat32 (I assume the fat32 is on a primary
partition), correct? If so, boot with Knoppix, a linux distro on CD:
http://www.knoppix.net
at the boot prompt type:
knoppix-txt 2
This will boot Knoppix into runlevel 2 in text-mode, which is much
faster than loading the whole X GUI stuff, and drops you directly into
a root shell. You can then type 'fdisk /dev/hda' or whatever your
drive is to repartition. When you've finished repartitioning, type
'exit', remove the CD, and you should be good to go.
Let us know how it goes.
Regards,
- Robert
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