Re: Partition1 <Inactive < OS/2 Boot Manager HELP

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Problem solved.

In Disk Management, what I did is click on the volume and converted it to a
dynamic disk and IT WORKED!!!! I have access to the data.

WHEW!

Thanks again!

Barry

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O3j3RqJgFHA.2484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Put it back as a slave drive, then add it to the mbr for the current
> system. These tools can help you with that:
>
> testdisk www.cgsecurity.org
> mbrwork www.terabyteunlimited.com
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Barry Young" <youngbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:eU9ye.119716$x96.110230@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thanks Rick,
>>
>> The drive in question used to be a XP OS booting drive. I wanted to just
>> copy some files off of the drive. So I set it up as a slave to the
>> master that I want to copy the files on the problem drive to.
>>
>> When I booted up the new master, it detected the slave drive, but didn't
>> assign it a drive letter like D: or E:, I could see the drive in the disk
>> management utility, but it was listed as unknown or unpartitioned.
>>
>> I then set it up as master to boot off it. I received an Invalid Media
>> error. So I booted from the Windows XP CD and hit R to repair. I am
>> able to see all directory listings and the files seem to be in tact. I
>> tried FIXBOOT and it didn't work.
>>
>> How do I repair the drive or fix the boot record? I really just want to
>> recover the files. Don't care if the drive never boots as a master
>> again.
>>
>> Please advise!
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:uy7WtEJgFHA.2700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Was it active before? Can you please describe exactly the circumstances
>>> surrounding this problem? Where are you looking at it from?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best of Luck,
>>>
>>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>>
>>> "Barry Young" <youngbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:Az3ye.118094$x96.38@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>I am looking at my partition and for some WEIRD reason it is saying
>>>> Partition1 <Inactive <OS/2 Boot Man
>>>>
>>>> How do I correct this so I can recover data off of this drive?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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