Disk /dev/hde doesn't contain a valid partition table {Scanned}

[C. Linus Hicks]

There is no partition table on the disk. He formatted the entire drive
as an ext3 filesystem. Please notice that he mounts /dev/hde and not
something like /dev/hde1.

Your data is intact. You will just have to copy it off before you create
a partition table on the drive, assuming that is what you want.
-- 
C. Linus Hicks <lhicks at nc.rr.com>