Ya, win2k and can read fat16 and run from fat32 or ntfs. I thought about the mbr being screwed, but win2k disk manager should still be able to see the disk if that was the case, I think.
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 05 February 2003 15:21 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: partition help Okay, that's just wierd. I think Craig might be right about it being a partially installed recovery cd thing. Of course, that would point to a hardware failure or bad sector or something in the MBR or partition record causing it to show up as a non-dos partition. Hmm. Win2k can read fat32, right? Someone back me up here. -- Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software, Inc : -----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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