yipee! &#39;mount -o sb=131072 /dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1&#39; mounted the drive and I can now browse the folders. So, how do I copy the backup superblock to the primary superblock? Time to google this... <br><br>so while trying to fix it I found out what the problem really is with debugfs There is a bad magic number in the original super-block... back to google.... I&#39;ve been googling since 2:00! Can anyone helP? <br>

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Also, if you&#39;re having trouble mounting an ext23 filesystem, something you<br>
might want to try is to mount it using the backup superblocks.  &quot;mount -t ext3<br>
-o sb=131072 /dev/sda2 /mnt/somewhere&quot; is the canonical first backup<br>
superblock to try.  Or since reading the disk appears to be working, copy each<br>
partition somewhere, make a copy of that copy, and attempt to work on that<br>
copy with e2fsck and/or debugfs.<br>
<span></span><br></blockquote></div>-- <br>:-)~MIKE~(-:<br>