Looking for software to fix partition table

[MMM42]

I have a disk drive (Maxtor 80GB) that seems to have a bad partition
table and I cannot read it at all. Probably, Partition Magic (v4.0)
messed it up (I had a dual boot Win98/WinNT and the partitions were
FAT32 or NTFS).

Now, Partition Magic only says that partition table is bad.
I ran across the software called Partition Table Doctor and I plan
to get it soon unless there are some better software.
I would like to start with the best so that I do not make the problem
any worse. Do you know of any good software to fix partition table
reliably?

 

[Richard Urban]

All the later versions of Partition Magic come with PTedit, to be used for
just what you want to do.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[MMM42]

All the later versions of Partition Magic come with PTedit, to be used for
just what you want to do.

Is this PTedit capable of fixing the partition table automatically
and reliably so that I do not have to edit myself and make it any
worse?

 

[Richard Urban]

It is strictly a manual operation, but it is FREE with Partition Magic.

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

 

[MMM42]

It is strictly a manual operation, but it is FREE with Partition Magic.

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Actually, you can download PTedit for free from Symantec site without
buying the latest Partition Magic. I ran it and this PTedit does not
find my corrupted drive at all. It displays only one drive (my main
drive that is OK) in its drop-down selection list. The corrupted drive
is on the second EIDE bus, it is shown during booting and the old
Partition Magic v4.0 has to know about it because it complains
about bad partition table unless I disconnect the corrupted drive.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Actually, you can download PTedit for free from Symantec site without
buying the latest Partition Magic.

I ran it and this PTedit does not find my corrupted drive at all.

It needs Int13 support to see it. Check your bios or the driver tab.

 

[Svend Olaf Mikkelsen]

It needs Int13 support to see it. Check your bios or the driver tab.

Yes, but it is possible that the disk is shown during boot, and does
not get a BIOS disk number?

And to MMM42:

One possible way to attempt to provide more information would be to
get Findpart for DOS at

http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm

do from boot to a DOS floppy:

findpart tables fp-a.txt

and

findpart ide fp-b.txt.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Yes, but it is possible that the disk is shown during boot, and does
not get a BIOS disk number?

And to MMM42:

I think you were already addressing him.