Hi Tino,

Do you know about Knoppix? It's a linux distribution that runs 
completely from CD. If you boot from it, then run a program called 
"gpart" (it's on the knoppix cd) it will recreate your partition 
table by scanning the disk and analyzing it.

I have used it to recreate a multi-partition disk that Windows XP 
partition tool messed up.

If you google for "knoppix" and "gpart" you will likely turn up some 
more hints.

If I may make a pitch for a good book, "Knoppix Hacks", it has lots 
of useful things you can do with Knoppix.

Knoppix is freely downloadable from 
http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/

Cheerful regards,

Bob


On 30 May 2005 at 12:27, Buehler, Martin wrote:

> my original disk partitioning has been:
> 
> disk1: primary partition + beginning of dynamic volume
> disk2: part2 of dynamic volume
> disk3: part3 of dynamic volume
> 
> unfortunately, i deleted the primary partition on disk1 for test
> purposes.
> 
> now, i need to regenerate a primary partition on disk1, but windows does
> only allow me to generate a simple dynamic volume, but no primary
> partition.
> 
> i also tried to generate such a partition using the windows install cd,
> but doing so, the install tool tells me that the dynamic multi disk
> volume will be lost, when generating a primary partition.
> 
> what workaround allows me to regenerate a primary partition on this
> disk, without loosing all data on the dynamic multi disk volume?
> 
> please help!
> 
> tino

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