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From: akk2@ur-tut.UUCP (Atul Kacker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: FDISK - what does it do ?
Message-ID: <1119@ur-tut.UUCP>
Date: 8 Mar 88 19:10:18 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
Lines: 21
Keywords: fdisk, partition

What is the best procedure to recover from an accidently deleted
DOS partition?  In other words, suppose you use FDISK to delete
the DOS partition, what is actually done to the hard disk?

Is it sufficient to just use FDISK again to create a DOS partition ?
Or, does one have to reformat the hard disk and then unformat
using something like MACE Utilities to get the data back?

Does FDISK mess up the FAT in some irrecoverable way , when you delete
the DOS partition?

On the same note, is there a good source for in depth information
about DOS programs like FDISK ?

Thanks.

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