There are some FAT recovery software tools out there. Unfortunately, they run on Windoze, so the drive would have to be added to a current Windoze machine and the recover application run on the affected drive. John Hoffoss wrote: > 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 > -- Todd Young 7079 Dawn Ave. E. Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 _______________________________________________ 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