I was just in a conversation with a friend about this; apparently FAT16/32 stores the FAT in several locations and is recoverable. So he had heard to people able to do it, and he was going to do so for a friend, but his own drive died before he got around to it. So you have one fourth-hand "it can be done...somehow" Hope that helps a little... John > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Fulcrum > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 14:57 > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: [TCLUG] Recover FAT ? > > > Hi all- > > My neighbor's win98 machine (which I built out of spare > parts) took a dump > - initial triage seems to indicate that the FAT table was > wiped out ... > > I brought the box home to my shop and was about to install > the "bad" drive > in my linux box to see if I can see or repair the FAT table - > anyone ever > do something like this? Use linux to recover and save Windows' bacon? > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list