Re: I'm sorry but I'm desperate.

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From: Kendal Emery (kemery_at_coordinatedhomecare.me.com)
Date: 03/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:15:06 -0700

If you can get into computer management, does it list the disk as foreign?
My bf's disk did that this weekend, and I imported the disk. It still
wouldn't boot, but we could at least get to the data then, and copy it to a
new drive. And since he was wanting a new drive anyway (running out of
room) all worked great.

"Roberto <^> madeinJamaica" <roberto_smith@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:u#8JlX3CEHA.2800@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> First I must apologize for posting in this newsgroup.
>
> I hope all the Domain Controllers are replicating and the endusers aren't
> fuc'in up something.
> I need ya'll help in locating a software that can recreate a hard
> drive's(HD) Master File Table (MFT) or retrieve the data on it.
> I moved a HD from 1 of my PCs to another and now I cannot access this
disk.
> I'v done the same thing many times, but I guess last night I shouldn't
have.
> The computer detects the HD and Windows detects it as well, during bootup
> Windows says it is a Non-WinXP disk and wanted to do a checkdisk but
aborted
> itself and reported an "error writing output log".
> It took a little bit longer for the GUI to load but after it did I tried
to
> access it in my computer and it says "error accessing ... unreadable or
> corrupt...". Computer management(CM) lists the disc, but say it is 100%
free
> . It was about 70% full befor all of this. CM does not display a files
> system associated with the disc, it is 20GBs, it was formatted FAT32 and
to
> complicate things it was a Dynamic Disk.
> I get the exact result when i return the disk to it's host PC.
> Thus my dilemma.
> I'm thinking data is still on there but the MFT is corrupt. Can you
> recommend a software that could probably help. Any other Ideas greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Sorry again for posting here but I know what u guys know and know that you
> might know something that I don't yet know. i won't do it again.
>
> Thank you guys.
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