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drive c: lost partition information
Name: DaveB Date: November 9, 2005 at 10:33:47 Pacific OS: windows Me CPU/Ram: 1.0 Ghz 128MB
Comment:
My PC won't boot. I have downloaded and created a windows Me floppy boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, when I boot from this disk the program reports that the partition info cannot be found. (The hard drive is detected in the bios). Is there a way to try and recover the partition info as I have info on the hard disk that I need?
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: November 10, 2005 at 02:41:32 Pacific
Reply:
fdisk /status
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 2
Name: DaveB Date: November 10, 2005 at 13:20:12 Pacific
Reply:
when I execute fdisk /status I get:- Disk 1, Drv (nothing), Mbytes 38162, Free 8, usage 100%.
when I execute fdisk then display partition info I get:- Partition 1, status active, type NTFS, volume label (none), Mbytes 38154, usage 100%.
This is odd because this drive had Windows Millenium installed!
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Response Number 3
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: November 10, 2005 at 14:06:13 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Dave,
Yes, that is very odd.
I think your best shot at recovering data is to put that HD in a working NT/XP box.
Good luck
If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.
M2
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Response Number 4
Name: TopFarmer Date: November 10, 2005 at 15:44:28 Pacific
Reply:
IF the partition type has been changed only in the MBR then I do not think any OS is going to read it, but third party progams will work. If the type was also changed in the VBR , a recovery program will be needed and may not work.
Haveing said that no OS is going to change the partition type by itself, so what program did you run right befor problem ? Knowing just how the partition type was changed will help in determining best method to correct it.
Is 3.8g the correct size for hdd ?
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Response Number 5
Name: jubalsams Date: November 11, 2005 at 01:43:03 Pacific
Reply:
Two free DOS programs to fix the MBR:
1) testdisk This one kinda steep learning curve, but powerfull program. 2) MBRWORK This much more easy to use but still requires carefull reading.
Favorite non-free program: Partition Table Doctor (~$40).
Best
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Response Number 6
Name: DaveB Date: November 11, 2005 at 08:10:44 Pacific
Reply:
many thanks guys.
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Response Number 7
Name: lukeles Date: November 16, 2005 at 03:22:07 Pacific
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