Ok, you can use the win 98 boot disk and fdisk /mbr once that boots. Or, if you have a live CD of say, knoppix, or gentoo, I think you can do that too. Josh -----Original Message----- From: Chris Wagner [mailto:ismgr@atchisonkansas.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:54 PM To: Matt G; KC Linux Users Group Cc: KC Linux Users Group At 2:45 PM -0500 7/1/03, Matt G wrote: >Or, if they're not so damaged...maybe it's just a dropped partitions or >something...you can use a tool like GetDataBack and recover the files. I've >formatted a drive, and still been albe to get data off it. The electon >microscope seems a bit of jump at this point. > Is there a utility for Linux like the fdisk /mbr method? Just wondering. Found out he was using Grub and it makes it to the boot prompt, but when you try to boot either partition, the system sits there. Any ideas? Thanks! Chris