OK - I'll try that one. Wasn't aware of that command. RJG ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Nathan Nottingham=20 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.=20 Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Windows NTFS disc recovery question Try booting from a WinXP install CD and going to the repair console.=20 Enter 'fixmbr' at the prompt. Good luck. Peter van Hoof wrote: > Try this link for some reading material about damage to the the MBR > http://www.ntfs.com/mbr-damaged.htm > There is lots of info about ntfs and bootblock damage >=20 > TTYL >=20 > Peter van Hoof >=20 >=20 > --- "Roy J. Gromlich - PA" wrote: >=20 >> HI List: >> >> I know this is WAY off topic, but there are some really bright = people >> >> here and maybe someone has had this problem and could point me=20 >> in the correct direction on this one. >> >> One of our servers ( 2 GHz 500meg Dell P-IV with 160 gigabyte HD=20 >> running Win-XP Pro( ) just crashed. We think that an experimental=20 >> applications got out of control overnight and was loading picture=20 >> image files onto the HD at 20 / second. It was stopped in the AM=20 >> after putting many 1000s of files on the drive. The morning person = >> selected the pic file for deletion and let it rip - she said it ran >> for=20 >> a VERY long time. >> >> After that the computer was hung - she tried to re-boot and got an=20 >> error message saying Operating System not found. Now the computer=20 >> can't even SEE the HD to mount at startup - it sees the floppy and >> the CD drives, but not the HD. Gibson SpinRite 6.0 sees the HD and >> in fact reports that it is fine - no problems. We can use a hex >> reader=20 >> to wander around the HD and look at sectors - no problem there. But >> the BIOS can't find the HD to assign a drive letter to it, and >> therefore=20 >> can't boot from it. >> >> So I need something to go in there and fix whatever was trashed.=20 >> I am finding various utilities that claim to be able to RECOVER = files >> >> off of a crashed/virused, etc. HD, but they all guarantee NOT to >> write=20 >> to your HD - instead they copy he files to another HD, after which >> you=20 >> would have to reinstall everything. =20 >> >> Don't want to do that - aside from the fact that I don't have >> anything=20 >> else big enough to save all the recovered files to, I would like to >> be=20 >> able to recover the HD (C: boot drive, of course) where it sits. >> >> Anyone know of anything which will do that? Recover the C: drive = in=20 >> place, without having to remove the HD, mount it in another = machine,=20 >> and copy all he files onto a new drive AFTER installing Windows? ? = ?=20 >> >> Any assistance will be really appreciated, >> >> Roy J. Gromlich >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> >=20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist