Uncus <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I was attempting to enlarge my XP Pro partition because it was too full using
>a 3rd party program. The program ran but wouldn't/couldn't change the
>partition with XP on it - it told me to do it manually. Like a bonehead, I
>did so - deleting the mbr and boot.ini etc in the piocess. I have
>reinstalled XP on the largest partition [where I wanted to merge it, anyway],
>but now it no longer recognises the 2nd partition of my 2nd HDD [slave].
>
>1. XP recognises that partition is there, but labels it RAW and cannot read
>it. Is there a way to get it back [it was NTFS and not reformatted in any
>way since my duh moment]?
>
>2. Is there a way to get XP to boot to my original installation or to copy
>settings/installed programs/etc from there to the new installation? [That
>partition also still exists and IS readable]
Try using MBRWORK from the free utilities section at
http://www.bootitng.com
Good luck
Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
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