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Old September 1st 03, 11:03 PM
Donald Cree
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Default Allocation Tables corrupt???

I recently installed a 120Gb HDD alongside my 20Gb HDD.
I initially uninstalled the 20Gb, put the 120GB on the IDE cable as master
(setting the appropriate link position) and did a clean install of Win Xp
OS. The 120Gb HDD performed okay after the install.

I then set the 120GB disk to Slave and the 20Gb to Master (seeting the links
appropriately) The 120Gb is still okay but because I used "Boot Magic" to
boot up and hit the wrong button (Duh!!!) The 120 GB disk runs okay, but the
20Gb disk reports a fault with the disk allocation tables and I can't
access this disk!

Is there anyway around this problem? How can I reclaim the data on the disk?



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Old September 2nd 03, 02:33 PM
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On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:03:06 +0100, Donald Cree
wrote:

20Gb disk reports a fault with the disk allocation tables and I can't
access this disk!


"200 ways to revive a hard drive"
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-625...tml?tag=search


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Old September 2nd 03, 07:41 PM
Donald Cree
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Spajky wrote:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 23:03:06 +0100, Donald Cree
wrote:


20Gb disk reports a fault with the disk allocation tables and I can't
access this disk!



"200 ways to revive a hard drive"
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-625...tml?tag=search


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Thanks, Spajky.

 




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