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I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files?
(like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. Thanks. "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. |
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"*selah*" wrote:
I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Ignorance isn't a sin, but combined with hyper activity makes it harmful, as you just learned. Not really surprising, for a top-poster ! Where from did you take the idea of replacing the MBR of your hard drive to fix a Winword problem? This isn't just nonsense - it's sheer stupidity! Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) That's really bad! For you data sake, hope that replacing the MBR was the only stupidity conducted on the drive. Being able to see some of the files with the wrong MBR may indicate that you also overwrote part of the FAT and root directory. If this is the case, then the chances to recover your data are smaller. Follow instructions how to recover the drive and data, if still possible: Get RESQ from www.resq.co.il/resq.php and prepare a RESQ boot disk as explained in the ResQ program welcome message. Set the drive type to "auto" in the setup (modern BIOSes will show the drive's model instead). Boot of the RESQ floppy just made. When at the A: prompt, run RESQDISK /KILL of the floppy. This will reset the partition table to zero, then reboot, with the RESQ floppy in the drive. Rebooting after zeroing the partition table is a MUST, to let the BIOS re detect the drive, with the correct settings. When at the A: prompt, run RESQDISK /FAT32 /REBUILD The program will offer to write a new MBR when finished with the search. Accept, then reboot, this time without the floppy in the drive. Windows should start normally if you haven't done more nonsense that you didn't tell us about. Regards, Zvi "Zvi Netiv" wrote in message "*selah*" wrote: Is there anywhere to get an mbr for a 40G hard drive using win98? (besides getting another one and setting it up). Please state the purpose you need that MBR for. If to recover a drive that lost its partition table or self boot ability, then the answer is yes, there is. -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL www.invircible.com www.ivi.co.il (Hebrew) InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities |
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"*selah*" wrote:
I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files? (like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. Ignore "spam" advice, if you don't want to lose you data (or what can still be recovered of it). Zvi "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL www.invircible.com www.ivi.co.il (Hebrew) InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities |
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"Eric Gisin" wrote:
wrote in message fdisk /mbr will restore your original MBR. Regards, Yaroslav. Clueless. He trashed his partition table by copying it from a smaller drive. The OP should zero the bad MBR and run data recovery software. Zeroing the partition (NOT with FDISK) is the first step. The next step is to rebuild the MBR from scratch (again, NOT with FDISK). If all he did was importing an unfit MBR, then he has a chance to recover the drive to full functionality, with all the data on it, and without needing data recovery. See my other post in this thread Regards, Zvi -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL www.invircible.com www.ivi.co.il (Hebrew) InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities |
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On Sat, 14 May 2005 03:20:43 -0400, "*selah*"
wrote: Please don't top post. It makes following the thread difficult and makes replying harder. It's alos the sign of an amateur, which is not something you want to look like on a technical forum. I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files? (like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. I should have been more explicit. If you use the so-called "In-Place Upgrade" (IPU) in Win2K, it appears that the partition is repaired without loss of data. I say "appears" because I do not know what really happens. I had an unbootable disk that was made bootable after I did an IPU, so Win2K did something to the partition information. http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;292175 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/ "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. |
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On Sat, 14 May 2005 11:21:25 +0300, Zvi Netiv
wrote: I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files? (like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. Ignore "spam" advice, if you don't want to lose you data (or what can still be recovered of it). Just what "spam" advice are you referring to? "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL www.invircible.com www.ivi.co.il (Hebrew) InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities |
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On Thu, 12 May 2005 17:01:44 -0400, "*selah*"
wrote: Is there anywhere to get an mbr for a 40G hard drive using win98? (besides getting another one and setting it up). Use the Windows 2000 or XP MBR. All 98 versions contain errors. -- Svend Olaf |
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Bob is a troll. He did not read your message. He doesn't have a clue.
"*selah*" wrote in message ... I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files? (like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. Thanks. "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. |
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(Bob) wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2005 03:20:43 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: Please don't top post. It makes following the thread difficult and makes replying harder. It's alos the sign of an amateur, which is not something you want to look like on a technical forum. Top-posting also reflects badly on the poster by conveying an egocentric message to the readers that he doesn't give a damn about them. I didn't know that windows could do that. It doesn't wipe out the files? (like creating partitions with fdisk?) Would be interested in information on how to do it. I should have been more explicit. If you use the so-called "In-Place Upgrade" (IPU) in Win2K, it appears that the partition is repaired without loss of data. Deadly wrong. The suggested in-place upgrade will convert a still recoverable stupid mistake into full blown disaster. A repair or IPU installation won't affect existing files only if the partition table, boot sector, FAT and root directory contain ALL consistent data. Which is not the OP's case! By transplanting a baboon's kidney (1.5 GB MBR) in place of a lion's heart (40 GB MBR), the setup will follow the geometry dictated by the MBR and by the BIOS auto-detect (which attempts to achieve a best fit to what it finds in the MBR!), and irreversibly mess up the system areas of the hard drive. I say "appears" because I do not know what really happens. That's obvious. I had an unbootable disk that was made bootable after I did an IPU, so Win2K did something to the partition information. Your case and this one differ totally. For one thing: the partition table in your MBR was correct. By the way, YOU could restore self-boot ability by just running FIXMBR from the W2K repair console! No need for the entire IPU. ;-) Regards, Zvi http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;292175 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306952/EN-US/ "Bob" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" wrote: I had a problem with a trojan on a maxtor 40G drive. . After supposedly getting rid of it with avg I wasn't able to use winword 97. I wiped out the old mbr (and, I think, the partition table) and replaced it with the mbr, etc. of a 2.5G win98 drive. Now fdisk is only finding 2.5G on the 40G drive (and only some of the files are available, plus, it won't boot.) Why not use Windows Setup to partition it over again. Just delete any partitions you have and tell Windows installation to create a new partition. -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL www.invircible.com www.ivi.co.il (Hebrew) InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities |
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