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Whistler · *Last edited by Whistler; 09-01-2005 at 10:01..*

My HD is previously divided to 5 partitions:
1 - Linux swap
2 - Linux ext2 (have GNU/Linux installed)
3 - Fat32 (have Windows 98 first edition installed)
4 - Extended
(1) - Fat32
(2) - Fat32

okay this is what I have done today:

I deleted the 4(1) with M$ Fdisk, then created 3 partitions in the extended partition.

after reboot, I deleted the 2nd partition in the 3 partitions I've just created. then reboot again. (Note: I do so because this part of HD has developed bad clusters)

Now the problem happened. *ALL* the contents in the original 4(2) partition which I haven't touched at all are gone!!! If I mount it in GNU/Linux it just said "can't find valid FAT entry", and if I click the icon in Windows it let me format the partition. And that partition contains tons of stuff I've downloaded and all of my source code.

Do you know any way to fix it ? Thanks.

P.S., I should have used the cfdisk or GNU parted to do this job as I already have GNU/Linux installed.

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Whistler Summoner Status: Offline Posts: 1,499 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mist Village	M$ "fdisk" ate up all my code and downloaded stuff!!! - 09-01-2005 My HD is previously divided to 5 partitions: 1 - Linux swap 2 - Linux ext2 (have GNU/Linux installed) 3 - Fat32 (have Windows 98 first edition installed) 4 - Extended (1) - Fat32 (2) - Fat32 okay this is what I have done today: I deleted the 4(1) with M$ Fdisk, then created 3 partitions in the extended partition. after reboot, I deleted the 2nd partition in the 3 partitions I've just created. then reboot again. (Note: I do so because this part of HD has developed bad clusters) Now the problem happened. ALL the contents in the original 4(2) partition which I haven't touched at all are gone!!! If I mount it in GNU/Linux it just said "can't find valid FAT entry", and if I click the icon in Windows it let me format the partition. And that partition contains tons of stuff I've downloaded and all of my source code. Do you know any way to fix it ? Thanks. P.S., I should have used the cfdisk or GNU parted to do this job as I already have GNU/Linux installed. Last edited by Whistler; 09-01-2005 at 10:01..