Corrupt Master File Table

[DavidJ726]

I've got a problem accessing the D; Drive. The error message is Corrupt
Master File Table. I used my Seagate / Maxtor Disk Drive utility CD's and
physically the drive is ok.

From what I've searched on so far, it appears I might be able to fix it
using a recover console from either XP or Vista. I mention Vista because I
do have Beta 1 installed on the D: Drive with dual boot capabilities with XP
on the C: Drive.

Can anyone give any guideance? Am I going in the right direction with this
problem? I've not used these Recovery Console tools before. If push comes
to shove I should be able to us my OnTrack tools to recover the data, but I
don't think that's the right option right now.

Thanks,
David...

 

[peter]

http://www.ntfs.com/quest14.htm

peter

 

[Rock]

I've got a problem accessing the D; Drive. The error message is Corrupt
Master File Table. I used my Seagate / Maxtor Disk Drive utility CD's and
physically the drive is ok.

From what I've searched on so far, it appears I might be able to fix it
using a recover console from either XP or Vista. I mention Vista because
I do have Beta 1 installed on the D: Drive with dual boot capabilities
with XP on the C: Drive.

Can anyone give any guideance? Am I going in the right direction with
this problem? I've not used these Recovery Console tools before. If push
comes to shove I should be able to us my OnTrack tools to recover the
data, but I don't think that's the right option right now.

There is no recovery console in Vista. The standard solution for this is to
run chkdsk on it. Make sure you have a full and complete backup first.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=corrupt+master+file+table

 

[DavidJ726]

Rock, tou are correct, but I believe the equivalent is called MRE, Microsoft
recovery
Environment which I discovered that last night at
http://blogs.msdn.com/winre/default.aspx as
I was "Googleing"....

How do I do a full and complete backup on a drive that I can't access?
That's part of my whole problem

 

[Rock]

Rock, tou are correct, but I believe the equivalent is called MRE,
Microsoft
recovery
Environment which I discovered that last night at
http://blogs.msdn.com/winre/default.aspx as
I was "Googleing"....

How do I do a full and complete backup on a drive that I can't access?
That's part of my whole problem

Here are some options:

1. Take the drive out of the computer and install it as a slave drive in
another Windows XP or 2000 computer. It should read the drive ok, so you can
copy the data.

2. Create a bootable Bart's PE disk, boot from that, then copy the data to
external USB drive or flash drive.

3. Download a bootable Linux distro called Knoppix. Create a bootable CD
from that, boot from it, and copy the data to USB drive or flash drive, or
if the computer has two CD drives, one of which is a burner, then use the
k3b burning program on the Knoppix CD to burn the data to CD.

4. Take it to a competent computer tech to backup the data.