James Pearson wrote: >> here is the response to "sudo fdisk /dev/sdb" >> ----------------------------- >> Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> >> This doesn't look like a partition table >> Probably you selected the wrong device. >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdb1 ? 188019 188051 253319 e4 SpeedStor >> Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> /dev/sdb2 ? 62656 186401 993984023 98 Unknown >> Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> /dev/sdb3 ? 105611 225119 959953209 7d Unknown >> Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> /dev/sdb4 ? 347 865 4161536 0 Empty >> Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary. >> >> Partition table entries are not in disk order >> ----------------------------- > > Could it be that the partition table has become corrupt (e.g. > overwritten)? But everything seems to be working perfectly; is that possible if the partition table is corrupt? > If this has been the case, then you need to find a tool that can attempt > to recover the partition table - see > <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/recovering.html> Thanks, I'll study that.