Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (
More info?)
Dear Keith S, Harry Simpson
Please take CAUTION when using PTEDIT32.EXE or PartInNT.EXE, by a very
simple mistake they will overwrite the bootsector, partition tables and MBR,
so this will make you recovery process so hard, that you should give your
HDD to a recovery center. Please, read those 5 processes I wrote In my first
reply. use
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?guid=&sloc=en-us&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware&p=1&tid=d7902081-1fbc-4f67-91ee-855f3ea3364b&mid=66c7f351-2ea4-4fc7-a1c8-bc55fe84ae23
to find my reply at the end of the page, if you haven't read it before.
BTW, let me explain a bit more about Harry's Disk Drive:
For the results of PTEDIT32.EXE for your 200GB HDD
First line is obvious, second line describes type 07 which means NTFS, third
line boot 80 which means this is a bootable partition. *start* refers to your
partitions start point and *ending* to end partition marker. The first 64
sectors are the most important ones in this case. Sectors 0 to 63 describe
the partition table and some other data. If there woudl be any errors in
these sectors your partitions won't show up. So, I think there is nothing
wrong with your results from PTEDIT32.EXE and because it is showing up as a
10MB FAT-12 partition there is a problem just behind the sector 63 that might
not be a major problem, and that is just Windows Explorer which thinks you
got a FAT-12 partition [and the limit for a FAT-12 partition is nearly 10MB].
If you try those software I've told you before you will probably see that
they report your partition as BAD or just HEALTHY with no problem at all.
There might be a very small problem in your partition descriptors which lead
into such a harsh case.
I'd be very glad to do anything in Help!
Behnoud
"Keith S" wrote:
> Harry, You might try the same URL as for PTEDIT32 but download and run
> PartInNT.exe
> PTEDIT32 doesnt tell us much
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:eDQGZqErFHA.2072@TK2MSFP14.phx.gbl...
> > Here are the details I found in the boot record of one of
> > my own NTFS partitions:
> > Jump EB5290
> > OEM Name NTFS (this is important!)
> > Bytes per sector 512
> > Sectors per cluster 8
> > Reserved sectors 0
> > Number of FATs 0
> > Root Dir entries 0
> > Total sectors 0
> > Media Descriptor F8
> > etc.
> >
> > "Harry Simpson" <hss@nospammicroworksinc.com> wrote in message
> > news:uOiAc3ArFHA.1028@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:u3AgDx3qFHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> >> The link I gave you works perfectly well.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you do not have a floppy disk then I suggest you buy, borrow or
> > steal
> >> >> one.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> "Harry Simpson" <hss@nospammicroworksinc.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:%23jfFbg3qFHA.4044@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> >>> Thanks Pegasus,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I don't have a floppy....I can access the drive now though not as a
> >> >> bootable
> >> >>> drive. The ptedit.exe link wasn't good.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I see where your going and think your probably correct....is there
> >> >>> another
> >> >>> utility I could apply to the drive?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks!
> >> >>> Harry
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> >> >>> news:u1UwKH3qFHA.464@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > "Harry Simpson" <hss@nospammicroworksinc.com> wrote in message
> >> >>> > news:OJUu1%231qFHA.3788@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> >>> >> I went to bed last night with a happily functioning 200GB ntfs
> > disk.
> >> >>> >> I
> >> >>> > woke
> >> >>> >> up to a computer that had bounced itself during the night and
> >> >>> >> would
> >> >>> >> not
> >> >>> >> reboot. Being a free thinker or is that non-thinker...I went into
> > XP
> >> >> Pro
> >> >>> >> Recovery app since I could not boot into safe mode or last known
> > good
> >> >>> >> configuration. Welp I did the ol' fixboot and fixmbdr commands and
> >> >> think
> >> >>> >> i
> >> >>> >> really screwed up.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Installed another "boot" HD today and installed windows and added
> > the
> >> >> bad
> >> >>> >> drive to try to access files that way. When I open up Windows
> >> >> explorer,
> >> >>> > it
> >> >>> >> sows it as a healthy 10 MB FAT drive not the 200GB NTFS drive it
> > was.
> >> >> It
> >> >>> >> also shows symbols instead of letters for the file names as if
> >> >>> >> it's
> >> >> still
> >> >>> >> NTFS encrypted or something.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> HAs anyone ever heard of this? Of course my backup is not recent
> > and
> >> >>> >> I
> >> >>> >> really need to recover the files. Would be easier if I simply
> >> >>> >> deleted
> >> >>> >> them...
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Any ideas on the best path to follow or should I start morurning
> > the
> >> >> loss
> >> >>> > of
> >> >>> >> my most recent data???
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> TIA
> >> >>> >> Harry
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Maybe the disk is still NTFS even though it believes that it's FAT.
> >> >>> > This is determined by one byte, which you can set yourself. Try
> >> >>> > this:
> >> >>> > 1. Boot the machine with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
> >> >>> > 2. Run ptedit.exe
> >> >>> >
> > (ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/).
> >> >>> > 3. Check your partition type number and make a note of it.
> >> >>> > 4. Set the partition type to NTFS (07).
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > The nice thing about this process is that it's completely
> > reversible.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>
has a 12-bit FAT partition
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram