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#### By James T. Dennis, linux-questions-only@ssc.com
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### Data "Losted" (sic)

From Andres Martinez Pintor on Thu, 20 May 1999

I lost all information in my drive using diskedit.The parameter block BPB was losted.I don't have anything in diskedit ...it's all in 00.All I want is the disk drive operating...the information and programs not needed .Is there a program for this? to get to `c:\`

Samsung VA 34324A 4.3G Please help me.

> First this doesn't sound like a Linux question. There isn't any Linux program named "`diskedit`" that I've ever heard of, and we don't designate out filesystems using names like "`C:`"

> Next, what were you doing in DiskEdit if you don't know how to use it, and you didn't have a current backup?

> Last, if you don't care about the data (information and programs not needed) then why not simply repartition the drive and put new filesystems on it?

> (If you do care about the data you could always try Norton utilities "`UNFORMAT.EXE`" program. One trick we used to do with that, when I was on the Norton tech support team, is to FORMAT a drive, then immediately UNFORMAT it. This often recovered most of the data, relatively quickly and painlessly. However, I don't work for Norton, or Symantec, anymore. so if you want their help, on the legacy DOS derived platforms that I've abandoned, call them).

##### Copyright © 1999, James T. Dennis
Published in The Linux Gazette Issue 42 June 1999

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