Does the drive only contain NTFS/FAT/FAT32 partitions? If so, you can try "fdisk /mbr" from a command prompt. This rebuilds the master boot record.
CAUTION: If you are dual-booting with Linux, or have Linux partitions on the drive, do not run this or you'll have even more problems later. Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:38 AM To: CLUG Talk Subject: (clug-talk) OT - Notebook Drive Recovery HELP Morning all, Well, my 40GB Fujitsu notebook hard drive has cratered. I can see the files if I go in with a program similar to the one demo'd at the last meeting however I can't see anything in Windows at all. The file system is NTFS. I've tried slaving the drive but all I get is a "cannot read, file is missing or corrupted". Someone mentioned that there was an application that can rebuild the master boot record ....or something like that... I suspect that this is what I'll have to do. Any suggestions, applications, man pages etc will be appreciated. -- Cheers, Dave Watkins President "Ask me about your hardware, software and networking needs" Abacus Technologies 1025 Fonda Court S.E. Calgary, Alberta T2A5S1 V: 403.701.5746 F: 403.266.0626 E. [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: www.davewatkins.net
