On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 11:02 PM, T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 8:02 PM, linux guy <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Is there any way to sniff out the old partition table ? What would >> I need other than the partition table sizes ? I know I had boot, >> swap and / partitions... > > Try testdisk. It will attempt to identify and restore partitions on a disk. TestDisk 6.12, Data Recovery Utility, May 2011 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.cgsecurity.org Disk /dev/sdd - 160 GB / 149 GiB - INTEL SS DSA2M160G2GC Please select the partition table type, press Enter when done. >[Intel ] Intel/PC partition [EFI GPT] EFI GPT partition map (Mac i386, some x86_64...) [Humax ] Humax partition table [Mac ] Apple partition map [None ] Non partitioned media [Sun ] Sun Solaris partition [XBox ] XBox partition [Return ] Return to disk selection After selecting an Intel/PC partition type, testdisk finds no partitions on the initial and the deeper scans. Not a thing. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org