On Dec 10, 2007 11:18 AM, Mike Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 11:03:06AM -0500, Adam wrote: > > 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. > > To nitpick, that does nothing to prevent someone from reading your > files. All the data is still there, just mildly obscured. If you want > to actually wipe out your files, use something like 'shred' on the > partition. Though as you've learned, not losing the data was probably > good, too :) > > > 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! > > Something like "dd if=backup.sector of=/dev/foo bs=512 count=1" should > do it. Check google though before risking your data on my memory > however. >
There was a recent article from free software magazine on this: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/blogs/backing_up_your_master_boot_record > > -m > > -- > Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 > > "Mommy, is that Mother Nature?" > "No, dear. That's a ninja." > -- Overheard in a comic store. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > _______________________________________________ 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
