Date: Fri, 22 Oct 93 17:57:48 EDT
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: JMILLER AT CHESS DOT EISC DOT UTOLEDO DOT EDU
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: hard drive partition information lost

> Has anyone observed djgpp affecting partition information on a hard drive?

No, but I had a similar accident with another DOS extender.

> FDISK indicated that there was no valid partition information so the drive
> was reformated.

There's a good chance that a disk utility program such as the Norton Utilities
could have reconstructed the disk without reformatting.  There's an even
better chance of recovering if you make a "rescue disk" before things go
wrong.  In Norton,
   disktool /saverescue
records the partition tables, boot records and CMOS values on a floppy.