I know for a fact that Partition Magic will allow you to rebuild the partition
table without affecting the contents.I believe that formatting is turned on
by default. Neither Linux fdisk nor DOS fdisk touch the contents.
On 16 Feb 00, at 12:10, Jerry Eckert wrote:
> Will parted allow the partition table to be rebuilt without formatting the
> data area?
>
> I have a disk with a hosed partition table, but I believe most of the data
> is intact. I have a copy of the original partition table information from
> Partition Magic. However, I don't know of a way to have PM manipulate the
> partition table without formatting the partition.
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Charron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 11:48 AM
> Subject: Re: repartitioning software
>
>
> >Quoting Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote:
> >> > I've never partitioned/resized my hard drive in linux before but I want
> >> to so
> >> > I'm looking for suggestions on what the best (most stable) linux app is
> >> for
> >> > resizeing partitions.
> >> Linux app? As in *native*? Ummm... wait a year or so. At least. :(
> >
> > While I haven't used it, there is also parted, which natively runs under
> >Linux, and can create, resize, move, and delete partitions.
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
> >
> >---
> >Thomas Charron
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