Daciana Bochis wrote:
I have windows :( and Suse 5.3 :) on the same disk. I got a virus on the windows partition and I cleaned it with McAfee VirusScan. It happened that the virus was in the "partition table" and McAfee removed the partition table, and replaced it by one which contains only one DOS-16 partition. What can I do ? Is it possible to retrieve the old information of the partition table ?
Thank you a lot.
Yes, you can. There is an EXCELLENT paper available on the web which outlines how trashed partition tables can be repaired. I have the document at home, and will post it's URL tomorrow. The basic outline is: - Empty the partition table to start with a clean sleeve (write 512 null bytes) - Take Norton's Disk Editor and have it find the partition bounderies - Enter the found partition bounderies in the partition table So, the only prerequisite is that you vaguely know where your partitions were. NDE will find the bounderies and you only have to decide if these are correct. You can safely try other suggestions without penalty :-) Koos Pol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S.C. Pol T: +31 20 3116122 Systems Administrator F: +31 20 3116200 Compuware Europe B.V. E: koos_pol@nl.compuware.com Amsterdam PGP public key available -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/