Is there any way to recover a corrupted FAT on Window
2000? The file system is FAT32. I can boot to the
emergency repair console but when I do a "DIR", I get a
bunch of garbage (but it has the correct number of files
and directories so I am hopeful that only the FAT was
trashed, not the whole disk).

Any suggestions?

Hi,
You can actually boot to recovery console of windows 2000and then run
chkdsk /r this will fix the FAT file system

Steps to boot to recovery console
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1) boot from CD of windows 2000/XP/2003
2) Choose the option R for repair
3)choose option C for console
4) Type in Local administrator password
5) then run chkdsk /r
this fix the FAT



Abhijeet Nigam, MCSE,A+,CCNA
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"Abhijeet Nigam [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> You can actually boot to recovery console of windows 2000and then run
> chkdsk /r this will fix the FAT file system
>

An you may loose all your data along ... If the data is of no concern, then
reformatting is more fool proof and quicker. If the data IS of concern,
chkdsk may very well the worst thing you can try.

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hi,
CHkDSK/r doesnt actually delete the data like that .

Abhijeet Nigam, MCSE,A+,CCNA
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"Abhijeet Nigam [MSFT]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi,
> CHkDSK/r doesnt actually delete the data like that .
>

In a dataloss scenario using chkdsk/whatever should be avoided at all costs.

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