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I use dual boot. Win 98 in C: and XP in D:. Used without problem for years. Recently, Disk management shows all of 10GB space in C: free and FAT 32 is missing. Able to work with D drive.Pl suggest a cost free solution to repair/ recover data from C:. TKU.
Raman V.R
What happened between the time that you were able to boot to 98 and when you were unable to boot to your 98 partition?
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Go to Disk Management and post what values show for both partitions. Right click My Computer> manage> storage> Disk Management.
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Mr. Jennifer,
Am not that computer savvy. Do I understand that you suggest me to reboot Win 98 in C:? As I mentioned the OSs were loaded long tome ago and were working fine.Raman V.R
Raman V.R
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Mr. OtheHill,
TKU for yuor interest.
Regarding FAT 32, the disk management window shows the following details
Volume Layout Type File system Status Cap %free Faulttol
C: Partition Basic Healthy (sys) 9.77GB 100% NO
D: Partition Basic FAT 32 Healthy (Boot) 9.76 9% NO
E: Partition Basic FAT 32 Healthy 4.88 50% No
F: Partition Basic FAT 32 Healthy 12.87 28% NORaman V.R
Raman V.R
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Try expanding that box to full screen by clicking on the button in the upper right corner immediately to the left of the red X. Now you should see the complete wording. Post again.
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Boot into xp.
Review recycle bin contents to see if they are there.Clearly the boot files for XP are still there on c: or XP couldn't boot. Partition appears to be fine.
I suspect that someone at some point decided 98 wasn't needed and all 98 files were deleted off.
The xp system files are hidden so you would have to change your view in explorer to include hidden system files to see them.
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Mr. OtheHill and MR Wanderer,
Presently I am using that Hard drive In a newly assembled PC. Core 2 Quad, 4 gb RAM, 750 GB HDD as master and old ( faulty ) HDD as slave. This is essentially to save the data from other healthy partitions of the old drive. The disk managment data I posted above is taken before the new assembly. I do know whether and how I can act on the suggestions made by you.Raman V.R
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If the old drive is functioning it should show in Disk Management just like the other one. All drives including USB drives should show in Disk Management.
What is it you want to accomplish with the old drive? Simply to access the old drive? Does the old drive show up in My Computer? You do realize that the drive letters will be different don't you?
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Mr OtheHill,
Having assembled the new PC I have recovered the data from Partions D:, E:, and F: of the old HDD. Data from the partition C: of the old HDD is desired after which I can format the whole disk. Presently, the corresponding drive letters are different. Old C: is now I:. In vista I do not know how to get the present disk management data. Clicking 'Computer' shows ' Local Disk (I:) blank.
Raman V.RRaman V.R
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The method I described to get to disk management doesn't work?
I don't use Vista but it shouldn't be any different than WinXP. Try going to disk management from Control Panel> manage> storage> disk management.
I am somewhat in the dark here. Can you go to a run command from the Start button?
If so, type cmd. You should have a C: with a bunch of other stuff behind it. Type I: and hit enter. You should have ONLY I: now. Type chkdsk and hit enter.
That should run check disk and tell you if files exist on that partition.
If files still reside there then the file system has been corrupted somehow.
Post back with any results.
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Mr. OtheHill,
I swithced over to Win XP OS and did the Run>cmd> drive letter corresponding to the faulty one. I got the following message.
" The volume does not contain recognised file system.
Please make sure that all file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted."
Disk management window shows for the relevant drive
Layout: Partition
Type : Basic
File system: Blank
Status: Healthy ( Active )
Capacity: 9.77 GB
Free Space: 9.77 GB
% free: 100%
Fault tolerance: No
Overhead: 0%
Raman V.RRaman V.R
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There is a recovery tool called testdisk that may fix that partition. After downloading this free utility be sure to learn how to use it and apply it to the correct partition. The link below is a starting point.
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I could not download the above SW. It says 'The compressed zip folder is either invalid or corrupted'.
Raman V.RRaman V.R
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I downloaded Testdisk 6.11 on to my Vista Desktop. I am not able to open the file. Says '...Desktop\testdisk-6.11-WIP.winzip' is invalid.
Raman.V.RRaman V.R
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Raman
You are correct. I did download the file but it is empty.
Get the Ultimate Boot CD which contains testdisk, along with MANY other utilities. You make a CD using the file and boot to it.
Because you will not be in the Windows environment when using this program you need to be able to identify the correct partition. That can be done based on the size. Write down the exact size and use that to find the correct partition when using testdisk.
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Mr. OtheHill,
TKU for your suggestions. I will Ultimate Boot CD and respond to you. As it involves burning a CD I may take some time.
Raman V.RRaman V.R
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