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Re: lost everything on boot partition
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2009, 08:04:41 AM »
Dear All
In a situation where a boot partition fails, and the partition cannot be recreated ie because the drive is faulty, here is a quick recipe to possibly recover your data.
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Many thanks Mary, great information. This is an important topic which often turns up in the Forums.
Perhaps the basis of a detailed Howto in the Wikis?
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Re: lost everything on boot partition
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2009, 08:26:40 AM »
Dear Chris

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This is an important topic which often turns up in the Forums.

Yes, that's why I wrote it as no one seems to have done so, or the information is scattered in many places.

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Perhaps the basis of a detailed Howto in the Wikis?

I belted that out on my iPhone from memory, so will elaborate & improve it later when time permits, and get it put into the Wiki too.
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