Master file table corruption

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Does anyone know where XP pro keeps or stores the master file table copy. I
have a corrupted master file table and my Acronis True Image backup is
corrupted. I read that XP has a duplicate of the master file table but I
can't find where it is stores it or what it is called. I am after both the
name of the master file table both the original and backup if anyone knows
and where its kept. I realise they arent normal files but I am willing to
try anything to recover the data except spend rediculas amounts of money
with a data recovery company.

Glen
 
There isn't one. A very small part is duplicated so it can find the rest of the MFT if the beginning is damaged.

Fat had two copies.
 
Hi David I've been using ntfs.com to get my information but they use Windows
2000 NTFS 30 whereas I have XP pro NTFS 3.1. Do you or does anyone know what
the differences are between the two file systems. I am working my way
through microsoft documantation but I though I'd ask as someone probably
knows the main differences.

Glen


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There isn't one. A very small part is duplicated so it can find the rest of
the MFT if the beginning is damaged.

Fat had two copies.
 
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Glen said:
Does anyone know where XP pro keeps or stores the master file table
copy. I have a corrupted master file table and my Acronis True Image
backup is corrupted. I read that XP has a duplicate of the master
file table but I can't find where it is stores it or what it is
called. I am after both the name of the master file table both the
original and backup if anyone knows and where its kept. I realise
they arent normal files but I am willing to try anything to recover
the data except spend rediculas amounts of money with a data recovery
company.
Glen
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There are many ways to recovery your MBR. You probably have run into the
problems encountered when you have WinXP on another partition other than C
and then try to make it back to an active partition with the MFT and MBR
after a disk image restore. You should go to the Acronis forum and read some
to the solutions offered. Link below:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/forumdisplay.php?s=3b473a6242120a1dd05e1af3f2fa5f22&f=65

....Allen
 
Many thanks for the info. XP was on the C partition. My problem was I was
altering the partition sizes with acronis partition expert and it resized
one of my partitions but didn'y move any of the data and leaving the
partition corrupt. As I have an acrons image kept on a seperate hard drive I
assumed I was ok but True image tells me the runlist is corrupt in the image
and I should check it with chkdsk after rebooting. Trouble is acronis wont
restrore the image. It doesnt lock up it just seems to stop working, hard
drive light not on etc. I am having some success with file recovery programs
so I might not need to edit the drive itself.

Glen
 
I have transfered Acronis images to a partition that was too small, and the
program asked to resize the partition. This recovery your attempting must be
just a data partition and not the active system partition? I'm confused as
to how the backup image would be corrupted by what you did after creating
it. Seems it could be restored just about anywhere if it was not corrupt to
start with.

....Allen

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The image did not corrupt because of something I did. I have no idea why the
image was corrupted it just is. As I said its stored on a seperate hard
drive not just a seperate partition. I do an incremental backup every day
and had no idea there was a problem with it. The first I knew was when I
tried to restore it, true image said something like the runlist is corrupted
run chkdsk after rebooting. The problem is trueimage can't restore the
image. It just stops copying the image. Its not loked up or anything like
that as I can click on cancel and it responds asking if I want to cancel. If
I click check image true image reports that it will take hours but again it
stops working. No lockups. I even left it running overnight but it hadn't
progressed. I discovered that early backups from the set are ok but as they
dont contain the files I need I am stuck having to try file recovery
programs.

Glen
 
Glen said:
The image did not corrupt because of something I did. I have no idea why the
image was corrupted it just is. As I said its stored on a seperate hard
drive not just a seperate partition. I do an incremental backup every day
and had no idea there was a problem with it. The first I knew was when I
tried to restore it, true image said something like the runlist is corrupted
run chkdsk after rebooting. The problem is trueimage can't restore the
image. It just stops copying the image. Its not loked up or anything like
that as I can click on cancel and it responds asking if I want to cancel. If
I click check image true image reports that it will take hours but again it
stops working. No lockups. I even left it running overnight but it hadn't
progressed. I discovered that early backups from the set are ok but as they
dont contain the files I need I am stuck having to try file recovery
programs.

Glen
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Hi Glen
Maybe you could restore a older working image then mount the one that is
giving you trouble and extract the files you need.
 

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