On Sunday 24 August 2003 12:15 am, Andrew Farmer wrote: > At 23 August, 2003 Mark Huson wrote: > > I recently switched a harddrive that i use to hold data from one gentoo > > comp to another. When i try to mount the harddrive though it gives the > > standard mount error. I then tried to check the partitions and when i try > > to start cfdisk i get "no partition table or unknown signiture on > > partition table do you wish to start with a zero table." I then tried to > > put the harddrive back in its original computer to mount it there and i > > get the same problem. I can't erase my data. I also have a second > > harddrive that can hold all of the data of the bad one if there is a way > > to copy it over. > > The error suggests that the partition table's been corrupted. If you can > remember how the disk was laid out -- what the partitions were, what > order they were in, what types they were, and how big they were -- then > I think there's a way you can rewrite the table. I would guess that you > could probably just re-enter the data in cfdisk or similar, but I'm not > sure. Can anyone back me up on this? (I don't have any spare hard drives > to try this on...)
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