Re: [SLUG] Hard Drive Problem - Advice Pls

[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 25 Aug 2006, Scott Ragen <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > My PC dual boots XP and Kubuntu.
> > 
> > While trying to reformat a 1 gb Memory Stick/Flash Drive under XP I 
> > somehow stuffed a  SATA HD by apparently renaming it and formatting it, 
> > though as it didn't sit there forever formatting, I'm guessing that I 
> > just wiped the partition table somehow.
> > 
> > When I boot Kubuntu I get the message:-
> > 
> >  "The Superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 
> > filesystem. Run e2fsck with an alternative superblock:-
> > 
> > e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
> > 
> If allyou did was wipe the partition table, you could try booting from a 
> rescue cd that contains gnu parted, and try rescuing it.
> I have never used this, so I can't guarentee its success. If possible, you 
> may want to dd the whole drive to a file on another drive.

I've used gpart successfully in the past to fix this kind of thing:

  http://www.stud.uni-hannover.de/user/76201/gpart/

-- 
Martin