Subject: Re: OFF-TOPIC: rescue of damaged DOS file system
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@freemint.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/26/2000 12:16:49
Hello!

> I have a severly damaged FAT32 filesystem (apparently something has
> written stuff to the bootsector and surrounding sectors). Is there any
> hope in fixing this? I guess there isn't a saved copy of the
> bootsector info anywhere (since that would be useful).

There is a copy of the bootsector. Default location is sector 6 if I
remember correctly.

To be sure you can search through the first 32 sectors. They are all
reserved for backup boot sectors and the additional FAT32 info sectors.


Tschuess
   ...Frank

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