Re: Restore file system

From: me (me_at_work.net)
Date: 08/16/04


Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:03:17 -0400

you have access to a copy of lost & found? works great for me
i never did like fat32

"Mark Garvin" <mgarvin@panix.com> wrote in message
news:cfqtot$6bl$1@reader1.panix.com...
> Anyone know of a way to restore the format of a 20gb FAT32
> partition in a way that would allow recovery of previous data?
> Normally, I'd try to use file recovery software, but this is a
> system partition.
>
> The system is currently not bootable, of course, but it appears
> that the partition info is still intact. Recovery Console reports
> that 'an error occurred during directory enumeration.' Other tools
> indicate that the file system is unrecognized.
>
> I suspect that a few crucial bytes of partition info were corrupted,
> so maybe there's a way to re-flag the partition as a valid FAT32.
>
>
>



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