On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Ritu Chopra wrote:
>Can you help.
>
>I have somehow managed to mess up by 8.4 GB HDD, and it now has a
>partition table overlap as reported by "Partition Magic" and a similar
>sounding error message by FIPS.
>This HDD is a time-bomb waiting to destroy my data.
>
>HELP please.
>
>Info - Sequence of events :-
>
>1. Loaded RH 6.1, partioned free space to Linux partitions
>2. Failed to setup X server for my Trident 3D Image 975 AGP card
>3. Got fed up with my failures and forgot about linux
>4. Two months later, attempted a text only re-install and selected
>Auto partition by mistake
>5. Realised mistake as partitions already existed and re-booted
>machine
>6. Win-95 still runs fine
>7. The utility software report partions table overlap
>8. Help form these programs indicate that data from one partition
>will at sometime over write data from another partition.
>9. My HDD is going to go Kaput soon------ So I request urgent help
>
>Ritu chopra
Do you have enough space to backup the data on the overlapping partitions? If
you do, back it up, Boot to Linux (or use a Linux bootdisk), run fdisk and
delete the offending partition(s). Recreate the partitions.
Otherwise borrow some backup media and backup your data.
BACKUP your data before doing anything
Devdas Bhagat
--
It is not good for a man to be without knowledge,
and he who makes haste with his feet misses his way.
-- Proverbs 19:2
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