Diane,
boot the harddrive from another computer as a slave and try PC File
Inspector (downlaod from the download.com) you should be able to get some
data back (i am sure that you will lose some). it works for me last time.
regards,
Andrew
Diane Schips writes:
I'm trying to help my
Schips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 4:02 PM
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Subject: [wdvltalk] Serious hard drive problem
I'm trying to help my parents with their computer. It keeps freezing.
They were running Windows 98se, so I sought to upgrade them to Windows
200
with that process if they arise.
Cheers,
Scott
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From: Cheryl D Wise [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:10 PM
Subject: RE: [wdvltalk] Serious hard drive problem
I've used that to recover some critical data before. It was a major pain
I'm trying to help my parents with their computer. It keeps freezing.
They were running Windows 98se, so I sought to upgrade them to Windows
200 prof. At the point where the OS starts looking for installed
components, it freezes. Rebooting doesn't help, it just keeps freezing.
I tried
Diane:
Sounds like the File Allocation Table might have gone the way of the Dodo
but for the life of me I can't remember if it's possible to rebuild a FAT
without killing the data.
One thing I would suggest is try booting into pure DOS and see if you can
read off the disk. I have a utility
Thank you! I woulds love to try that utility. It makes sense that it
has a chance of working!
Diane
Ross Clutterbuck wrote:
Diane:
Sounds like the File Allocation Table might have gone the way of the
Dodo but for the life of me I can't remember if it's possible to
rebuild a FAT without
At 05:01 PM 3/31/2005, Diane Schips wrote:
I'm trying to help my parents with their computer. It keeps freezing.
Can you override the windows boot (F8) and get a full file directory at the
dos prompt? I believe there is also a way to run scandisk from dos, though
haven't done this myself. If
I've used that to recover some critical data before. It was a major pain but
it did get the file I needed. I don't know how well it would work for
recovering an entire drive.
I have seen utilities that would repair a master boot record without killing
the disk but I haven't need one in so long
Diane Cheryl
This doesn't sound to me like a Master Boot Record failure as the drive
cannot be read when slaved under a different OS. But Diane if you want to
try it, from a pure DOS command line try fdisk /mbr on the drive in question
to rebuild the Master Boot Record without damaging the
