Hi I have run win98 defrag on my c:\ drive, dev/hda1 partition and it has destoyed the ext2 partitions on the same drive. Linux no longer boots, I have tried the rescue system and used e2fsck but it reported that it could not find a valid ext2fs, inode problems etc The partitions affected are /var /usr/local /home /tmp and swap Is this mess recoverable? Other than a re-installation. Many thanks Rich <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HEAD> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hi </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I have run win98 defrag on my c:\ drive, dev/hda1 partition and it has destoyed the ext2 partitions on the same drive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Linux no longer boots, I have tried the rescue system and used e2fsck but it reported that it could not find a valid ext2fs, inode problems etc</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The partitions affected are /var /usr/local /home /tmp and swap</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Is this mess recoverable? Other than a re-installation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Many thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Rich</FONT></DIV></BODY>