MBR or boot section data got messed up

[Jack]

I checked my defective partition that used to be a primary boot partition. I
found some data really wield..
I could't remember but somethin' like clusters_per_mft... = -10
So on all diagnosis software I found tell me that I have -1 byte in that
partition and file system is an unknown type rather than NTFS...
Any software that can let me change those parameters back to normal? i used
Ultimate boot CD Ver4.0
Thanks
Jack

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I checked my defective partition that used to be a primary boot partition. I
found some data really wield..
I could't remember but somethin' like clusters_per_mft... = -10
So on all diagnosis software I found tell me that I have -1 byte in that
partition and file system is an unknown type rather than NTFS...
Any software that can let me change those parameters back to normal? i used
Ultimate boot CD Ver4.0
Thanks
Jack

You can boot your machine with a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com, then run ptedit.exe from
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/
in order to examine/modify the partition tables. Be sure to
record every change so that you can undo it if it does not
produce the desired result.

 

[Jonny]

You can boot your machine with a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com, then run ptedit.exe from
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/english_us_canada/tools/pq/utilities/
in order to examine/modify the partition tables. Be sure to
record every change so that you can undo it if it does not
produce the desired result.

Does this work with the mbr and partitions made in NTFS type 3 (XP), implied
by the OP with "mtf"?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Does this work with the mbr and partitions made in NTFS type 3 (XP), implied
by the OP with "mtf"?

Partition tables list the characteristics of each partition. They
are not in themselves FAT or NTFS. Give it a try to see for
yourself - just looking won't change anything!