On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Rishi Bhushan Agrawal <postrishi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > yes all the data has been recovered back and even the directory structure is > intact. > > But I want to find a proper solution to these kind of problems. > > So I have not deleted the partition and still want to recover it. > > The point behind it is that when every thing is correct and in place then > only MBR and the Partition table needs to be modified. > > So what modification can result in correcting it ? > I would use gpart to fix the partition table first, then reinstall grub (or lilo) to fix the rest of the MBR. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gpart FYI: Computer forensic tools also include this kind of capability. We use X-Ways typically for your scenario, but it is $1200 or so (iirc). Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ