Please see frisk -l output
what you see from "fdisk -l"?
what you see from "file /dev/sda3"
Please output from fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x90114057
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 623427420 311610286+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 623427584 625139711 856064 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
Disk /dev/sdc: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x61d8ecfd
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 2048 973629439 486813696 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 973631486 976771071 1569793 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 973631488 976771071 1569792 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.8 GB, 15787360256 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1919 cylinders, total 30834688 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xc3072e18
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 240 30834687 15417224 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
file /dev/sda3 command returns /dev/sda3: block special
Thanks again for your help,
Steve