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bigmike2001@msn.com (Mike) wrote:
> All was well with the system, just needed mem upgd. Thought I'd do
> some general maintenance and ran Speeddisk. Would not run because it
> found errors and sugested running NDD. I have never had NDD do any
> major damage.
The Norton Utilities shouldn't be let to approach a drive running a boot
overlay! Use Windows' native DEFRAG on these drives, never a third party
defragger, especially not Speed Disk!
> It has always fixed problems not create them. Anyway, I
> think it's a bust.
Our experience obviously differs. The use I make of NDD is demonstrating to
trainees how to ruin a drive.
> Resq looks like a nice option but I dont have the
> $$$ to purchase...My guess is that the eval will diagnose but not fix
> but will give it a try. I guess then I'll just blow my nose and move
> on.
Basic recovery with RESQ is free, only advanced disaster recovery requires
registration. But I suspect that the damage inflicted by NDD got far beyond
what you may call "basic"!
Regards, Zvi
> Zvi Netiv <support@replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message news:<2bkpf0pfcidmj5mnaff0jdab8qtpqc0935@4ax.com>...
> > bigmike2001@msn.com (Mike) wrote:
> >
> > > I ran NDD in DOS mode on an older p-166 system with 2 hd's. Apparently
> > > ez-drive was installed and ndd did not like it. The options were set
> > > up to auto repair so NDD tried to fix the problem. From things got
> > > hairy and I don't have notes as to the errors. The final result is the
> > > two drives (C&D) dissapearing and dos telling me invalid system disk.
> >
> > Unfortunately, when NDD messes a drive, it does it majestically. What for did
> > you run NDD? Was there anything wrong with the drives? Could the drive boot on
> > its own before running NDD?
> >
> > > My guess is somehow the MBR or FAT got corrupted.
> >
> > Worse, they were rewritten by NDD with completely wrong information.
> >
> > > The problem is that
> > > I would like to recover the data on these drives. Is this possible? Is
> > > there any free or reasonably priced resources out there? Thanks in
> > > advance
> >
> > Depending on how far NDD went with the changes it did to the drives, there might
> > be a slim chance to recover data.
> >
> > You will have to conduct the recovery with the drive attached to a BIOS that can
> > handle the disk's full capacity without the EZ-bios overlay, one drive at a
> > time.
> >
> > Utilities that can be instrumental to the recovery process are RESQ, from
> > www.resq.co.il/resq.php Read the online primer on disk recovery, on same page,
> > before going any further.
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