To migrate files to my new system, I temporarily connected a PATA drive from my previous system and copied my files to the new drive. I figured I was done with the old drive, and didn't want whoever had it next to be able to read my files, so I TOTALLY clobbered the old drive's partition table by writing garbage over that sector. Not the coolest move, I now realize. Then of course I managed to delete the data that I'd copied onto the new drive. I think there is a lesson somewhere in this for all of us, especially me.
Of course now when I connect my old PATA drive to my new system, it doesn't even recognize it, presumably because the MBR/partition table is total garbage. Fortunately, I have copies of the MBR and each VBR for this drive. Is there any way to copy these back onto my old drive? Thanks VERY much in advance! Adam _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 5 - Open Source Show and Tell Jan 2 - TBD Feb 6 - DBUS Mar 5 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux
