Subject: OFF-TOPIC: rescue of damaged DOS file system
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
List: port-i386
Date: 04/26/2000 12:07:25
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). Can you deduce
that information from looking at other parts of the disk. How good are
commercial rescue applications (like Norton Utilities or whatever they
are called these days)?

/Johan