Please Help, cannot view Win3.1 data;

[Paul]

I have a harddrive with Windows 3.1 data on it, with
probably FAT filesystem. I have to recover data from that
drive using my Windows2000 NTFS system but it tells me the
whole drive is free. Would it recognize that filesystem?
Any suggestions on how to get that data of there or view
it with my Win2000 and copy it on my drive to save it.

Help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!!!

Paul

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a harddrive with Windows 3.1 data on it, with
probably FAT filesystem. I have to recover data from that
drive using my Windows2000 NTFS system but it tells me the
whole drive is free. Would it recognize that filesystem?
Any suggestions on how to get that data of there or view
it with my Win2000 and copy it on my drive to save it.

Help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!!!!

Paul

Yes, Win2000 recognises FAT16 (which was used by WFW).
You can also boot your machine with a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com to check your data. The boot disk will
boot into DOS7, which is pretty much like DOS6.22 + support
for FAT32 partitions.

 

[Guest]

Great, Thanks for your help!!

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Yes, Win2000 recognises FAT16 (which was used by WFW).
You can also boot your machine with a Win98 boot disk from
www.bootdisk.com to check your data. The boot disk will
boot into DOS7, which is pretty much like DOS6.22 + support
for FAT32 partitions.


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