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Kipz89   09-14-2007 at 08:06:12 AM

One of my partitions is showing up as raw instead of ntfs and the computer sees it as corrupted. Is there any way that I can format it as ntfs without deleting and data? or is there a way that I can at least restore the data?

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g-paw   09-14-2007 at 11:11:48 PM
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While it's been a few years since I did, I think Partition Magic will do this without wiping out the data. It doesn't format the disk, just change to NTFS

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aziraphale   09-14-2007 at 11:47:00 PM
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errm....yes; that is so; but you'll need a recovery tool for the data to reappear. I suggest you try the one from the manufacturer...

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weskurtz81   09-15-2007 at 12:01:38 AM
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You can use a recovery tool and it will rebuild the partition with all data intact if the drive is still fine.

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gent   09-15-2007 at 07:35:37 AM
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http://www.getdata.com/

Never used it (much prefer Linux to Windose) so can't say how well it works, give the trial version a, err, trial and see what it says.

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Kipz89   09-15-2007 at 08:06:35 AM
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I checked the properties of the partition in partition magic and it said "bad file record signature"

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g-paw   09-15-2007 at 01:33:48 PM
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This is lengthy but probably worth the time. From Microsoft
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us [...] 57122.aspx

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