Re: A Confusing Partition Issue

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From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:39:49 -0600

Suggestions at bottom..

> darksydeavenger wrote:
> <snipped>
>> I reboot my computer to find out that my
>> ~90GB partition claims that it is RAW and needs to be formatted. When
>> I've used various programs to look at the partition (Active Partition
>> Recovery DEMO), it shows all the files on that partition to be intact
>> and waiting to be used.
>>
>> ANy ideas on what is going on and how I can fix this? Need more
>> information than what I've given?
> <snipped>

> Richard Urban wrote:
>> Well, if you can see the files by using a recovery program I suggest
>> you BUY the program to recover said files.

> shortroundj wrote:
>> Do you also suggest that Microsoft give him his money back for
>> Windows since he bought that and it's supposed to do what he wants to
>> do?

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Actually, the OP with the recovery problem only purchased a license
> to USE Windows XP - not Windows XP itself... It's a minor point -
> but sdomething people usually blindly agree to during the
> installation.

Can you use the Windows XP CD, boot into recovery mode and see both
partitions?
Can you put the hard drive (as a slave) into another system and see it to
get the data off?
Might I suggest you try the last FREEWARE version of Drive Rescue (1.9d):
 http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page5.html 

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