[plug] Speaking of kernel panics...

[Mike Holland]

Dennis,
so your partiton table was wiped? Windows has been known to do that.

It will stop it booting, but doesnt mean your data is gone.
You should have tried rebuilding the partition table.
IF you keep a record of the partition locations.

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Mike Holland  <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>
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