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Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the
partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your usenet post than a subject line. JT On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon wrote |
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These guys have some information on NTFS.
NTFS has a backup copy of the partition table. NTFS partiation information is stored at the beginnng, in the middle and and at the end of the drive. This site has information on that and has some partition recovery and file recovery software they sell. You might try looking at this site to see what they have: http://www.partition-recovery.com/ "Altanon" wrote in message ... On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:07:01 GMT, Jim Turner wrote: Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your usenet post than a subject line. JT On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon wrote First, I'd like to say thanks for replying, second: sorry I didn't include more info. Not sure what to say. Somehow, in installing a new drive I lost the partition table on the existing drive. I started with a 15GB drive (the Original that came with the computer) configured as the slave, which contained the OS & some other stuff, & a 80GB that I added some time back configured as master which contained the stuff I wanted to keep. All formatted NTFS. I added a 120GB and configered it as master, with the 80GB as slave. Installed the new drive fine. Installed Win 2k Pro no problem, BUT the 80GB is invisible to explorer. It's there in Computer manager as unformatted. So, I think, "Fine. I'll just put everything back like it was & transfer everything over the network to my roommate's computer. It booted the same as it always did, but now it doesn't see the drive either. I bought a program called Stellar Phonix, and while it DID recover most of my files, MOST of them are corrupt. Meanwhile, I came across the info at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];153973 Which basically says it is possible to recover the corrupted boot sector. I don't know how, and was hoping some kind, person who knows more than me could help. What kind of utilities were you talking about? I tried Noton disk doctor to no avail. I know my stuff is still there, because I have done NO writing to the 80GB drive. This surpasses my abilities, so I appreciate any help. Thanks, Altanon |
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On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:20:27 -0500, "Duddley DooRight"
wrote: These guys have some information on NTFS. NTFS has a backup copy of the partition table. NTFS partiation information is stored at the beginnng, in the middle and and at the end of the drive. This site has information on that and has some partition recovery and file recovery software they sell. You might try looking at this site to see what they have: http://www.partition-recovery.com/ Thanks for the info. I just wish I hadn't already sent a hundred bucks for the Stellar Phoenix! I tried the demo from the above site and it shows my folders and files, but so did Stellar Phoenix. I suppose I'll give it a try. Thanks again. Altanon "Altanon" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 12:07:01 GMT, Jim Turner wrote: Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your usenet post than a subject line. JT On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon wrote First, I'd like to say thanks for replying, second: sorry I didn't include more info. Not sure what to say. Somehow, in installing a new drive I lost the partition table on the existing drive. I started with a 15GB drive (the Original that came with the computer) configured as the slave, which contained the OS & some other stuff, & a 80GB that I added some time back configured as master which contained the stuff I wanted to keep. All formatted NTFS. I added a 120GB and configered it as master, with the 80GB as slave. Installed the new drive fine. Installed Win 2k Pro no problem, BUT the 80GB is invisible to explorer. It's there in Computer manager as unformatted. So, I think, "Fine. I'll just put everything back like it was & transfer everything over the network to my roommate's computer. It booted the same as it always did, but now it doesn't see the drive either. I bought a program called Stellar Phonix, and while it DID recover most of my files, MOST of them are corrupt. Meanwhile, I came across the info at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];153973 Which basically says it is possible to recover the corrupted boot sector. I don't know how, and was hoping some kind, person who knows more than me could help. What kind of utilities were you talking about? I tried Noton disk doctor to no avail. I know my stuff is still there, because I have done NO writing to the 80GB drive. This surpasses my abilities, so I appreciate any help. Thanks, Altanon |
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