Re: Disgruntled hard drive

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Aug 19 1999 - 23:45:04 EDT


I read all the replies and theres nothing i can think of to add...
well, except to say that the D: partition was, most likely, fat32..

the fdisk solution might work..
in the past, i've started a format and then aborted it, to find the
target partition intact and complete..

one question, have you tried looking at the drive while booting from a
floppy..

good luck, and if you need anything, give me a call

Nicolas Bourbaki wrote:

> Aaarrrgggh!!!
>
> My TP600 must've heard me inquiring about upgrading
> the hard drive. In any event, Windoze got hosed and I
> started the recovery process. I intended to restore
> the C partition and leave D--where my data
> resides--alone.
>
> Started the process but chose the option that restores
> the hdd to from-factory condition instead :-(
> Realized my mistake after about 10 seconds and esc out
> of it.
>
> However, now I can't access C or D drive... Fdisk
> shows only C partition and it's missing an O/S
>
> Any suggestions to recover files from D? I couldn't
> care less about C but my backup isn't too recent and I
> wish to heck I'd gotten the ultraslim bay adapter from
> Bill Morrow before proceeding down this dangerous road
> fraught with errors and terrors...
>
> Thanks!
>
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