PROBLEMS

[TC Lim]

Anybody encounter this problem? My friend's laptop
running the Win XP Pro has got a big problem. Not knowing
why but his laptop just can't boot. After checking, I
found out that the master boot record is not found. When
I inserted the Win XP Pro CD and try to boot from it,
harddisk space is reduced and the partition is not seen.
Because he got important info inside it. I'm not
formating until I'm sure. Anyway to recover the data? Or
shall I say to get the partition master boot record back?
I don't know what he has done but just trying to help him.

Many thanks.

TC Lim

 

[Malke]

Anybody encounter this problem? My friend's laptop
running the Win XP Pro has got a big problem. Not knowing
why but his laptop just can't boot. After checking, I
found out that the master boot record is not found. When
I inserted the Win XP Pro CD and try to boot from it,
harddisk space is reduced and the partition is not seen.
Because he got important info inside it. I'm not
formating until I'm sure. Anyway to recover the data? Or
shall I say to get the partition master boot record back?
I don't know what he has done but just trying to help him.

Take the laptop to a good local repair shop - not a BestBuy or CompUSA
type of store - and let them handle it. They will have utilities and
the ability to repair the partition table, or they will be able to
remove the hard drive and rescue the data before formatting and
reinstalling.

Malke