Damaged mbr - "lost" a logical drive - How can I recover it?

[Guest]

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]

 

[Guest]

Doh! I was mistaken, I cannot start XP without running from the CD - the new
install doesn't work apparently, either!

 

[Ron Martell]

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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