From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 5 16:51:06 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2CD1A44 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:51:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bourne.identity@hotmail.com) Received: from blu0-omc3-s1.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc3-s1.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.116.76]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A57F58FC12 for ; Mon, 5 Nov 2012 16:51:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU0-SMTP70 ([65.55.116.73]) by blu0-omc3-s1.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:50:59 -0800 X-Originating-IP: [14.97.119.190] X-EIP: [8k2WeM4oJ4CWzizSQzXdBTIslk4auZB/] X-Originating-Email: [bourne.identity@hotmail.com] Message-ID: Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([14.97.119.190]) by BLU0-SMTP70.blu0.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Mon, 5 Nov 2012 08:50:57 -0800 Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 22:20:43 +0530 From: Manish Jain User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:15.0) Gecko/20120907 Thunderbird/15.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Leslie Jensen Subject: Re: My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk References: , <5093CF85.4080708@eskk.nu>, , <50961DA6.1000308@eskk.nu>, <50977F6B.7070501@eskk.nu> In-Reply-To: <50977F6B.7070501@eskk.nu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Nov 2012 16:50:58.0281 (UTC) FILETIME=[BAC76590:01CDBB75] Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:51:06 -0000 Hello Leslie, The short answer is No. And it would need more than a miracle to salvage the situation if the partition information is lost. Sorry if I broke your hopes. But to look at the brighter side of things : 1) You would never have learnt so quickly so much about Windows/FreeBSD/things to do/things not to do had you not run chkdsk 2) Niue is a beautiful country with a great landscape to cheer up even the most regrettable scenario Regards Manish Jain +91-99620-10329 On 05-Nov-12 14:27, Leslie Jensen wrote: > > > Manish Jain skrev 2012-11-04 12:37: >> >> >> >> >> >>> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 16:41:45 +0530 >>> From: bourne.identity@hotmail.com >>> To: leslie@eskk.nu >>> CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >>> Subject: Re: My freebsd partition changed by Windows chkdsk (Leslie >>> Jensen) >>> >>> >>> On 04-Nov-12 13:17, Leslie Jensen wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Manish Jain 2012-11-02 19:18: >>>> >>>>> 1) Boot from your FreeBSD CD/DVD, enter the slice editor and >>>>> change the type of your FreeBSD slice back to 165. Do not press Q. >>>>> Press W instead. Conform with Yes to the warning, and then press >>>>> Ctrl+Alt+Del to abort the installation. >>>>> >>>>> 2) Boot from your FreeBSD CD/DVD again, and run boot0cfg -B in an >>>>> emergency shell. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I hope my message sounds less cryptic now. I personally don't have >>>>> anything against running chkdsk or fixmbr, AS LONG AS I have backed >>>>> up the important sectors. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Manish Jain >>>>> bourne.identity@hotmail.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>>> >>>> > >> Just in case you are not aware how to change the filesystem type in >> the slice editor, >> >> highlight your FreeBSD slice and press T. Make sure you enter 165 as >> the filesystem >> >> type, and then press W and confirm the change. Then press >> Ctrl+Alt+Del and reboot. >> >> >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Manish Jain >> >> bourne.idenity@hotmail.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > > Thank you for the advise you have provided. > > I did as suggested and it was no problem at all. > > Unfortunately it seems as if the partitions was destroyed as well. When > I look at the slice with the label editor it's empty. So chkdsk did a > thorough change unfortunately. > > Can you think of anything that would bring back the partitions? > > /Leslie > > >