Quote Originally Posted by hogwash
.....can someone advise as to what they think i have done with the command above.... if i have lost the data i am in deep doo doo
People can give you their opnions, but why not know for sure? - just boot Knoppix and look at the partitions and see if the data you need is still there. You could even use Knoppix to back up critical data before you go any further (since you don't seem to have any backup).