Hi all, I got this error Partition Table not in sequential order while running fdisk -l i connected external drive 500gb with 4 partitions 3 linux and one ntfs. its like this /dev/sdb1 / partition /dev/sdb2 /swap /dev/sdb3 /oraclestage /dev/sdb4 NTFS /dev/sdb5 /anotherstage so i wanted to deleted NTFS to gain that space and i deleted using fdisk. ofcourse even before deleting the disk, i got the error partition table not in order. i took it easy and deleted the NTFS partition. i.e /dev/sdb4 surprising /dev/sdb5 is also lost i have lot of oracle s/w staged in it. can anbody tell me how to recover the lost partition? i also did this after reading some forums. fdisk /dev/sdb x option and then 'f' option -- i think f means 'fix' it said 'order fixed 'bla bla bla and then i cant see /dev/sdb5 pl help how i can retrieve that partition.thanks,

I think it is time to try ranish. You can't fix partitons with fdisk. You can try to edit the correct information with other tools. There used to be some deal about the numbers a long time ago that borked windows machines but would only cause linux issues if you partitioned it like 100 times. Might look up that. Playing to the angels Les Paul (1915-2009)

Might try 'testdisk' ,be sure to read the how to use first. Do a web search to find it.

You get testdisk and many other disaster recovery tools on the System Rescue CD, an Open Source, boot-able Live! CD image (.iso). I consider it to be an essential disaster recovery tool kit for any user who keeps information of any importance on his/her computer. If you have information on your computer that you can not afford to lose, you need this disk! Ernie Registered Linux User 247790