On Friday 07 December 2001 10:16, you wrote: > This command will definitely fix any OS problems you have on your hard > drive. It will clear the drive of any OS completely. What you want is > c:\fdisk /mbr
not entirly true it only puts the MBR to the state it was when you last installed M$winders all the partitions are still there it DOES NOT remove any OS, nor does it fix anything. > > Roy Barton wrote: > > try C:\format /mbr and then reinstall lilo roy > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ed Tharp > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2040 > > Subject: Re: [expert] What might cause partition table > > corruption. > > yep, and if you own winME and have ever installed a network > > assoc program > > (other than McAfee viru-scan) like McAfee tool box, you will > > be so suprised > > when it runs defrag and ruins all your systemDlls (well not > > all, just the > > ones needed to boot) but M$ won't be suprised. > > > > On Thursday 06 December 2001 15:30, you wrote: > > > Running defrag, or scandisk destroyed my linux > > > partitions with '98. I disabled it and now just dont > > > go to windows unless I need to scan something. > > > Scanner progs just dont compare with color matching > > > in linux. > > > > > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > > > OTS > > > WPAFB > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Asheesh Laroia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:06 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [expert] What might cause partition table > > > > corruption. > > > > > On my computer, simply booting into Windows caused the > > > > partition table > > > > > corruption. No Anti-Virus software installed. > > > > > > Seriously, I think it's a bug in Win98 that occurs under > > > > certain > > > > > non-MS-tested circumstances. > > > > > > -- Asheesh. > > > > > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Richard Wenninger wrote: > > > > Is it possibly Anti-Virus software in windows > > > > "repairing" your boot > > > > > > sector? > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 11:13 pm, you wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > My partition table was recently corrupted, and > > > > thanks to the help > > > > > > > of this list, I managed to repair the table and > > > > re-install LM8.1. > > > > > > > My main concern now is trying to figure out what I > > > > did that might > > > > > > > have caused the corruption. The only unsual activities > > > > just prior to > > > > > > > corruption were: > > > > > > > > > > - Copying 3 650MB ISO files from linux reiserfs > > > > partition to FAT32 > > > > > > > windows partition. > > > > > > > > > > - I may have left a floppy drive mounted and failed to > > > > log out as > > > > > > > root, before shutting down (but surely this wouldn't > > > > affect the > > > > > > > partition table). > > > > > > > > > > - Booted windows. Just looked around with Explorer. I > > > > accidentally > > > > > > > opened a BIOS flash utility, but exited immediately, > > > > without activating > > > > > > > any controls. I dont' think the utility actually did > > > > anything other > > > > > > > than show its GUI, but I can't be certain. Can > > > > flashing BIOS (if thats > > > > > > > what happened) affect the partition table ? > > > > > > > > > > Upon leaving windows, Linux would not re-boot, > > > > because it couldn't > > > > > > > find the filesystems to mount due to the partition > > > > table corruption. > > > > > > > I use reiserfs for my linux partitions, if that is > > > > a factor. I'd > > > > > > > love to hear any ideas about possible corruption > > > > causes. > > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > > > > > Charles. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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