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More info?)
Thanks Neil, I"LL try it
Yes this is an IDE and I have tied to upgrade the System
on that disk.
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>This is actually a fat32 disk,
>>What would happen if I will try to install an NTFS
>>partitions over it using XP repair, or convert to NTFS,
>>will I loose data?
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Having to HD system on disk 0 and data on disk 1,
>>>>Lost partintion info on disk 1 and can't see it any
>>more
>>>>after booting.
>>>>Have tried to installed Support tools and got an
error
>>>>message, ignor that specific script and tried
>Diskprobe
>>>>which did not identified disk 1 so eventualy could
not
>>>>fixe it's partition table.
>>>>
>>>>Any idea that might help
>>>>.
>>>>Hi Mark,
>>>
>>>Did you have a software or hardware mirror on the
>system
>>>previous to this? I do not have enough information to
>>>accurately diagnose this issue.
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>>.
>>Hi Mark,
>
>In theory such a conversion "should not" result in data
>loss, however I would back everything up before I
>performed the conversion. As to the original problem,
can
>you answer the following questions?
>1 Are the HD's SCSI or IDE?
>2 Have perform either a hardware upgrade or a Windows
>update/driver installation recently that you feel might
>be related to the issue.
>Otherwise, your HD might be dead. Software for example,
>called 'GetDataBack' might help you recover it in that
>case. If it appears to just be the Partition Table,
>search on google for a program called 'restsect.exe' and
>create a DOS bootable floppy with that program added to
>it. Run the program from Dos after booting with the
>floppy and it may allow you to access the partition
>successfully again.
>.
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