On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 12:52 +1000, Ben Donohue wrote:
> well you could low-level format it.
> this always used to have to be done but is rare these days.
> first low-level format, partition, high level format eg. ext3.
> however it will definitely wipe everything off the disk.
> you should be able pick up one off the net for free.
> i've used these many times.
> Ben
> 

Another option is to try using toms bootdisk or the knoppix livecd and
fdisk to rebuild the partition tables and work up from there.
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