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  1. 10-05-2007 #1
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    Bad superblock image...1 partition overwritten

    Bad superblock image...for 1 partition
    I havent read the rest of teh threads..but then I dont have that much time....

    The problem started when I ingenuously wrote a file on /dev/hda3 directly-taht replaced teh superblock I guess (I hope nothing more was overwritten)
    I tried e2fsck -b blah /dev/hda3 ...finally got the filesystem check running--but it seems it will go on for ages: its currently checking inode 40000+ ---WTF...
    Is there any other way I could recover the filesystem...for the moment I have removed the entry for /dev/hda3 from fstab....
    I am pissed off at myself for being such a moron....
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    Post the output of fdisk -l command here. Does fdisk report wrong cylinder/boundary of any partition?
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    Hi Casper,
    thanks for replying.....fdisk -l displays this
    Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
    /dev/hda1 * 1 522 4192933+ 83 Linux
    /dev/hda2 523 783 2096482+ 82 Linux swap
    /dev/hda3 784 24321 189068985 83 Linux

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    e2fsck completed...now the major problem being all files are placed in lost+found..and are numbered...I guess I would need to manually move them around..
    [by the time this is resolved...I will be an uncle]
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    Thanks for replying Casper...
    Finally got it working...luckily all the files were intact in lost+found....
    I am falling in Love with linux now...
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    Just a small question...
    that partition states it is now ext2:it was ext3 before.....would that matter
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    If everything is working fine then nothing to worry.
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