if it was a bad jumper setting then I wouldn't be able to see it in Dos fdisk.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:19 AM Subject: RE: partition help > Hmm. Which brings us back to hardware problems. Let's hope it's a bad > jumper setting or something. > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:11 AM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: RE: partition help > : > : > : Buy why wouldn't Win2k be able to see the Physical drive in Disk > : Manager? > : > : > -----Original Message----- > : > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:04 AM > : > To: CF-Community > : > 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
