--- Ry4an Brase <ry4an at ry4an.org> wrote: > I've got an old Sony vaio 505g, that I like very > much, and it's quite > linux friendly. However, twice now since since > getting it a month ago, > I've un-suspended only to find the partition table > on hda completely > gone. Ry4an, Yo! I know beans about a Sony VAIO but... I will bet dollars to donuts that (1) your hard disk is good... it is not dead. Neither is the previous one... (2) you need to find out what the exact geometry of your HD is... check the documentation that came with it, or the lable on the HD. Now, with that said, check in your setup settings... see if you can switch the auto settings in your PNP(plug and play) to 'legacy'(pg up and pg dn switch 'auto' to 'legacy' choices) your instructions on how to manipulate the settings are on the bottom of the screen... In CMOS settings set your primary master to AUTO and AUTO (first slot setting and last) should be a bunch of dashes or dots in between... same for CD (Secondary Master)... now this is just an attempt at a quick solution... that will not harm anything. Remember 100% of what is done here can be undone by changing the settings. And these settings may not be there... But thought I would at least attempt to help you. :) and remember... don't give up... it is just a stupid machine!!! built by people like you and me... Caio! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/