help with corrupted partition table

When I tried to reinstall XP, the install program failed with a blue
screen error "UMOUNTABLE something." I then noticed the partition table
was corrupted. I tried fixing with "EDITPART" and verified the
partitions with "FINDPART." There are multiple partitions on this disk.

The problem is: XP still thinks there's only one partition that takes up
the entire disk (160GB).

I can boot LINUX from LILO that I installed some months ago. But once
booted, LINUX also sees only a single partition. Does LILO go by
partitions or cylinders/sectors on the drive?

I also tried fdisk but it only sees a single 8GB C: partition (that's
the correct size).

What seems to be the problem? Please help!

TIA.

-CJ

On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 08:53:45 -0500, CJ <cj RemoveThis @nowhere.com> wrote:

 >When I tried to reinstall XP, the install program failed with a blue
 >screen error "UMOUNTABLE something." I then noticed the partition table
 >was corrupted. I tried fixing with "EDITPART" and verified the
 >partitions with "FINDPART." There are multiple partitions on this disk.
 >
 >The problem is: XP still thinks there's only one partition that takes up
 >the entire disk (160GB).
 >
 >I can boot LINUX from LILO that I installed some months ago. But once
 >booted, LINUX also sees only a single partition. Does LILO go by
 >partitions or cylinders/sectors on the drive?
 >
 >I also tried fdisk but it only sees a single 8GB C: partition (that's
 >the correct size).
 >
 >What seems to be the problem? Please help!
 >
 >TIA.
 >
 >-CJ

You could do:

findpart all fp.txt

and show us the output.
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