RE: Need help removing partition created by windows xp reinstall

Will this restore the files or delete them on the incorrect partition?

"Andrew E." wrote:

Install xp cd,set pc to boot to xp cd,at xp cd menu screen press r key for
recovery console,select 1 for C: press enter key for password,type:DiskPart
In DiskPart,select the unwanted partition(s),delete,once thru,press ESC key.
At this point one might type:Fixboot Agree,type:CHKDSK C: /R Once thru,
maybe run the same on the slave hd CHKDSK D: /R or CHKDSK D: /p D: being
the slave,type:EXIT When thru..

"lrossded" wrote:

Recently, I tried to install service pack 3. I got the no access error and
the install backed out. However, I noticed that my device manager was now
corrupted due to the install. So, I went back to system restore to try and
get back to period prior to trying to install svc pk 3. That didn't work
and my system got into a loop where it wouldn't boot at all, not even in safe
mode. Since I had the original windows xp disk, I first unplugged my 250 gb
internal slave drive so that windows would not try to install the operating
system there. I reinstalled windows xp using the original oem disk. The
original was only Svc pk 1. However, my virus protection was not compatible
with svc pk 1 and I was denied internet access. I also could not uninstall
the virus protection due to the incompatibility.

In the meantime, I hooked back up my slave drive only to find that windows
xp could not open it.

I found another version of windows xp that had svc pk 2 included. I
reinstalled windows again (again I unplugged the slave drive during the
reinstall).

Now when I try to access the slave drive, I get a semaphore timeout error.
I have purchased a restore files software to try and recover my files;
however, it appears that at some point windows xp assigned a partition to my
slave drive at the 137gb point without notifying me first or asking.

I still can't access my slave drive, I can restore files, but only up to the
137gb pont. I need to get rid of this unwanted, unasked for partition so
that I can restore my files.

I can see where the files are at in the file recover software that I
purchased, I just can't get to them


HELP!!!!!!!

Thanks, Laura



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