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in reply to Re: My computer's last downtime was due to...
in thread My computer's last downtime was due to...

Two random hints:
  1. Access your disk with parted and use the "rescue" command to find the partition locations.
  2. Backup your partition table by copying it with dd if=/dev/hda ... to a safe place.