Help: Maxtor Shared Storage crashed, need new boot sector (Correction)

[IKD]

Hi,

My 500GB Maxtor Shared Storage drive died after only 6 months. Maxtor's
solution is to just swap it over. This of course does not recover my data.
Another problem is the data on the disc will be available to be recovered by
other parties.

Instructions I found at http://www.openmss.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=491
indicate that if I can get a standard windows boot sector onto the drive I
will be able to recover the data from the reiserfs Linux partition.

I can edit/replace the boot sector but my skills/knowledge gets lost when it
comes to creating the partition parameters in the boot sector.

If you have a boot sector I can use or can create one for me from the
instructions I will be most thankful.

Screen shots that may assist in creating the sector can be found at
www.103home.com/boot_sector. If you
need any more information or can help you can email me at (e-mail address removed).

Thanks for any help you can offer,

Iain

 

[Rod Speed]

My 500GB Maxtor Shared Storage drive died after only 6 months.
Maxtor's solution is to just swap it over. This of course does not
recover my data. Another problem is the data on the disc will be
available to be recovered by other parties.

Instructions I found at
http://www.openmss.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=491 indicate that if I can get a standard windows
boot sector onto the drive I will be able to recover the data from the reiserfs Linux partition.

Depends on how its died. If it doesnt even spin up, that isnt even possible.

I can edit/replace the boot sector but my skills/knowledge gets lost
when it comes to creating the partition parameters in the boot sector.