Re: need help on recovering Windows partition

[deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com>]

Long Wind wrote:

> I have never deleted hd4
> It still works and can boot into etch
> but can't mount hda2 or hda3
> even though they start and end at their old places
> It complains:
> 
>  FAT: bogus number of reserved sectors
>  VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev hda2.
> 
> I have tried testdisk
> It warns that the current number of heads per cylinder is 16, but the
> correct value may be 255
> 
> Thanks to all those who reply!
> 

I think he has deleted the partitions and recreated them with almost same
size but he has overwritten the partition table...

He says "I played" ... with fire ;-)

regards