On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 21:49:15 -0600 (CST) "johndmiller" <john at mn.mediaone.net> wrote: > This is not a Linux question but with all the knowledge and kindness out > there I am hoping someone will be able to give a hand. My dad's win 98 > machine got the magistr virus and an no longer boot from the HD. I have > linux on a floppy and booted the computer from that and tried to mount the > HD but linux complained that it did not know the filesystem type. Mount > did try to mount it as a MSDOS system but couldn't. Win32 drives should be mountable as MSDOS, but of course without LFN support etc etc. Did you try 'mount -t vfat /dev/hd? /mnt/hd? ? If it won't mount as a vfat drive, something has probably corrupted the FAT (file allocation table) or the filesystem itself. AFAIK, DOS/FAT16/FAT32 keep two copies of the FAT on the drive, but I am not sure how to order the Linux vfat filesystem driver to try the second FAT, rather than the first. Maybe that is in the manpage? :)) -.bill.layer.- .-frogtown.mn.usa.- .-Microsoft.Windows.XP.- -.suddenly.everything.sucks-.