Sounds like he went through the automated recover process and never finished it. Might have lost everything.
> -----Original Message----- > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:13 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: partition help > > there is 1 partition on the disk and it takes up 100% of the disk space > and > reads as non-dos. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:03 AM > Subject: RE: partition help > > > > Ah. That's a compressed bootable recovery partition. There /is/ data > > there, but not userdata. It's a hidden bootable partition that will > only > > typically be read in the original PC if a special key is held down > during > > bios load. ('Press the special key.' "I can't find the special key! > Maybe > > I'll just order a tab.") > > > > Anyway, the data there is basically just a backup of the system used for > > restores. The other partition -- should be a primary dos partition if > it > > was win 9x/me -- will have all of his userdata, programs, etc on it. > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > Programmer & General Lackey > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > : From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:54 AM > > : To: CF-Community > > : Subject: Re: partition help > > : > > : > > : not that I've noticed, someone gave this to me to recover it for > > : him. I know > > : there is data in the partition because the partition even though it > says > > : non-dos in fdisk is bootable. When I boot to it it says "Gateway > GoBack > > : press a key to continue" . At that point I just shut it down. I don't > know > > : what the guy did. I believe he booted his pc with the recovery cd in > the > > : drive and it booted up and started running. > > : > > : ----- Original Message ----- > > : From: "Craig Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:41 AM > > : Subject: RE: partition help > > : > > : > > : > Oooh IBM hd, not that I want to be the harbinger of doom or anything > > : > (that's Ben's job) but they do have an awful reputation for failing, > > : > I've had 2 fail myself with quite similar symptoms, has it got a bit > > : > more noisy recently too? > > : > > > : > -----Original Message----- > > : > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : > Sent: 05 February 2003 14:24 > > : > To: CF-Community > > : > Subject: Re: partition help > > : > > > : > also, I watched the bios on boot up and it shows disk 0 is my 3 gig > > : > win2k > > : > boot and disk 1 is the 20gig ibm that has a bad partition. > > : > > > : > ----- Original Message ----- > > : > From: "Craig Dudley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:11 AM > > : > Subject: RE: partition help > > : > > > : > > > : > > If disk manager doesn't see it, then it's not working. It's > Possibly > a > > : > > hardware conflict. > > : > > > > : > > Try swapping it over to the master disk and booting with a dos > disk, > > : > can > > : > > u then read the files? > > : > > > > : > > Possibly your master disk is setup to be the master and have no > > : > slaves, > > : > > there might be a jumper on the master disk to set it up as master > with > > : > > slave. > > : > > > > : > > -----Original Message----- > > : > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : > > Sent: 05 February 2003 14:04 > > : > > To: CF-Community > > : > > Subject: Re: partition help > > : > > > > : > > its on the primary controller with the master disk. Its a slave > disk > > : > and > > : > > no > > : > > disk manager doesn't see a physical or logical drive > > : > > > > : > > > > : > > ----- Original Message ----- > > : > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 9:04 AM > > : > > Subject: RE: partition help > > : > > > > : > > > > : > > > Win2k Disk manager doesn't see the physical drive or the logical > > : > > drives? > > : > > > > > : > > > Is the drive on a secondary IDE controller? If so are the > drivers > > : > for > > : > > > the IDE controller installed? > > : > > > > > : > > > > -----Original Message----- > > : > > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:52 AM > > : > > > > To: CF-Community > > : > > > > Subject: Re: partition help > > : > > > > > > : > > > > fdisk see's it as a non-dos partition.. going into win2k and > > : > looking > > : > > > at > > : > > > > it, > > : > > > > it doesn't recognize a drive or partition. norton disk doctor > for > > : > > > windows > > : > > > > doesn't see anything either. > > : > > > > > > : > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > : > > > > From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > : > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:49 AM > > : > > > > Subject: RE: partition help > > : > > > > > > : > > > > > > : > > > > > Do you have a system that can read the drive? > > : > > > > > > > : > > > > > If it is Fat16 or Fat32 most partition managers should be > able > > : > to > > : > > > > > recognize it and deal with it. Take a look at Partition > Magic, > > : > its > > : > > > > > pretty good. > > : > > > > > > > : > > > > > However if they can't see it, it probably means the > partition > is > > : > > > > > corrupt. > > : > > > > > > > : > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > : > > > > > > From: SMR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > : > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:59 PM > > : > > > > > > To: CF-Community > > : > > > > > > Subject: partition help > > : > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > anyone know how or what I can use to convert a non-dos > > : > partition > > : > > > to a > > : > > > > > > dos/fat partition ? > > : > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > > > : > > > > > > > : > > > > > > : > > > > > : > > > > : > > > > : > > > : > > > : > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. 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