Re: Fix partition order killed my hard drive (twice)

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Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@xxxxxx> writes:
> First I would try to boot via rescue CD or similar. 
> Then check how the partitiontable looks now (fdisk -l) and try to mout 
> partitions manually. If you are missing partitions or if you just can't 
> mount them then you may try to repair/recover the partition table.  

If your partition table is damaged, it's possible to scan the disk
looking for the "magic numbers" that signal the start of partitions, and
reconstruct where the partitions are using that information.  (I've done
it myself.)

Dale
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