On Friday, April 8, 2005, 1:25:15 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zzc> The Bat version 2.x
zzc> My PC is running WinXP-Home; one hard drive (80GB) with multiple zzc> partitions. zzc> My email client (The Bat!) crashed. When I reboot, I cannot access my L: zzc> drive (the mail directory). zzc> Partition Magic 8.01's PartitionInfo report no error on L: drive -- "No zzc> partition errors detected". However, Partition Magic itself shows some zzc> funy statistics: The name of the partition is "?(L)"; size is zzc> 4,996.7MB; Used 1,968,6009.3MB; Unused 128,542.7MB. Obviously, the zzc> "Used" statistic is wrong. zzc> Windows Explorer reports that the L: drive is not formatted. However, zzc> PartitionInfo shows it is a FAT32 partition. zzc> When I run Norton Disk Doctor from the CD, it says it is "Unable to zzc> access drive L:. The volume does not contain a recognized file zzc> system". zzc> I have also tried the PC Inspector's File Recovery 4.0. The scanning zzc> reports "Bad parameter in boot sector. Root directory cluster (536879106) >> count of clusters!" zzc> Is there any way I can fix the problem and get back into my L: drive? zzc> I vaguely remember that there is a DOS command(?) that would fix the zzc> boot sector -- something with a switch of MBR???? Would that help? zzc> TIA zzc> ________________________________________________ zzc> Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: zzc> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html ___________________________________________________________ zzc> something with a switch of MBR???? I think you are referring to fdisk/mbr Jon Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 -- "Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter." —George W. Bush, advising quail hunter and New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, Roswell, N.M., Jan. 22, 2004 ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
