<Question:> Anyone know about retrieving the backup copy of a hard drive partition table?

[Altanon]

 

[Jim Turner]

Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the
partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the
partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened
to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your
usenet post than a subject line.

JT

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon <[email protected]>
wrote

 

[Duddley DooRight]

These guys have some information on NTFS.

NTFS has a backup copy of the partition table. NTFS partiation information
is stored at the beginnng, in the middle and and at the end of the drive.
This site has information on that and has some partition recovery and file
recovery software they sell. You might try looking at this site to see what
they have:
http://www.partition-recovery.com/

Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the
partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the
partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened
to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your
usenet post than a subject line.

JT

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon <[email protected]>
wrote

First, I'd like to say thanks for replying, second: sorry I didn't
include more info. Not sure what to say. Somehow, in installing a new
drive I lost the partition table on the existing drive.

I started with a 15GB drive (the Original that came with the computer)
configured as the slave, which contained the OS & some other stuff, &
a 80GB that I added some time back configured as master which
contained the stuff I wanted to keep. All formatted NTFS.

I added a 120GB and configered it as master, with the 80GB as slave.
Installed the new drive fine. Installed Win 2k Pro no problem, BUT the
80GB is invisible to explorer. It's there in Computer manager as
unformatted.

So, I think, "Fine. I'll just put everything back like it was &
transfer everything over the network to my roommate's computer. It
booted the same as it always did, but now it doesn't see the drive
either.

I bought a program called Stellar Phonix, and while it DID recover
most of my files, MOST of them are corrupt.

Meanwhile, I came across the info at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];153973
Which basically says it is possible to recover the corrupted boot
sector.

I don't know how, and was hoping some kind, person who knows more than
me could help. What kind of utilities were you talking about? I tried
Noton disk doctor to no avail. I know my stuff is still there, because
I have done NO writing to the 80GB drive. This surpasses my abilities,
so I appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Altanon

 

[Altanon]

These guys have some information on NTFS.

NTFS has a backup copy of the partition table. NTFS partiation information
is stored at the beginnng, in the middle and and at the end of the drive.
This site has information on that and has some partition recovery and file
recovery software they sell. You might try looking at this site to see what
they have:
http://www.partition-recovery.com/

Thanks for the info. I just wish I hadn't already sent a hundred bucks
for the Stellar Phoenix! I tried the demo from the above site and it
shows my folders and files, but so did Stellar Phoenix.

I suppose I'll give it a try. Thanks again.

Altanon

Unless you used some utility, there is not backup copy of the
partition table. There are utilities that will be able to rebuild the
partition table if it was a normally partitioned drive. What happened
to your partition table? It is considered polite to have more to your
usenet post than a subject line.

JT

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:35:55 GMT, Altanon <[email protected]>
wrote

First, I'd like to say thanks for replying, second: sorry I didn't
include more info. Not sure what to say. Somehow, in installing a new
drive I lost the partition table on the existing drive.

I started with a 15GB drive (the Original that came with the computer)
configured as the slave, which contained the OS & some other stuff, &
a 80GB that I added some time back configured as master which
contained the stuff I wanted to keep. All formatted NTFS.

I added a 120GB and configered it as master, with the 80GB as slave.
Installed the new drive fine. Installed Win 2k Pro no problem, BUT the
80GB is invisible to explorer. It's there in Computer manager as
unformatted.

So, I think, "Fine. I'll just put everything back like it was &
transfer everything over the network to my roommate's computer. It
booted the same as it always did, but now it doesn't see the drive
either.

I bought a program called Stellar Phonix, and while it DID recover
most of my files, MOST of them are corrupt.

Meanwhile, I came across the info at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];153973
Which basically says it is possible to recover the corrupted boot
sector.

I don't know how, and was hoping some kind, person who knows more than
me could help. What kind of utilities were you talking about? I tried
Noton disk doctor to no avail. I know my stuff is still there, because
I have done NO writing to the 80GB drive. This surpasses my abilities,
so I appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Altanon