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Re: Missing drive letter
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| nickeloldie 2002-12-31, 8:11 pm |
| If he did format it - can use the MSDOS 5.0 - 6.0 unformat command
unformat /partn /l
This will revive the partition table and list all the files that were
recovered.
Connie
"Gurpreet Singh" <na@na.na> wrote in message
news:XqbL9.420232$MGm1.406329@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Was it Murphy's Law: Worst case scenario:
> There is a thing called HD crash, some are really bad too 
> Once a while, drive is deemed *dead*, just cause it spins doesn't mean
> anything, its brain dead hehe
>
> Roger Hill wrote:
> > From a: drive (with DOS fdisk program on A
> > Try FDISK /MBR - Should restore master boot record
> > or try FDISK /CMBR C:
> >
> > Also - previous post is correct about the Hard Drive being recognized in
> > BIOS
> > The CMOS batrery going dead will lose all BIOS settings (and go back to
> > factory
> > defaults) Battery CR2032 Radio Shack $3.00
> >
> > Roger Hill
> > A+ Certified Professional
> >
> > "Chris E" <evans364@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> > news:7Bjy9.134331$wG.492719@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
> >
> >>Just wondering what you guys think of this.
> >>
> >>A friend has a Gateway 333 running Win ME 64 MB RAM,
> >>She complained that it wouldn't boot into Windows, so I said I'd take a
> >
> > look
> >
> >>at it. I figured it might be a corrupted swap file (I hoped). Fired it
> >
> > up
> >
> >>and after RAM count, it brought up the Go Back start screen " Press
Space
> >>Bar" , and I did. She said that she had already done this and waited up
> >
> > to
> >
> >>two hours for someting to happen, needless to say, nothing did. I
booted
> >
> > to
> >
> >>an A: prompt from the ME EBD and tried to SYS C:
> >>Came up with a "invalid drive specification"
> >>
> >>Tried to switch to a C: prompt, same error.
> >>
> >>I checked with my friend to confirm that the drive was drive C:, then
ran[c
olor=darkred]
> >>fdisk /status. It saw the drive, but no partition (better yet an active
> >>one), hence no drive letter.
> >>
> >>She said the PC was running fine last Thursday and then all of a sudden[/color]
on[co
lor=darkred]
> >>Friday, it wouldn't boot to Windows.
> >>Here is a possibility:
> >>She has an 11 year old son who plays games and messes with stuff on the[/color]
PC[co
lor=darkred]
> >>sometimes. I'm wondering if he didn't "accidentally" format the drive.
> >>If not, what else could cause this? The drive seems fine. Its spinning
> >
> > up
> >
> >>at boot, just seems to be wiped clean.
> >>Thanks for any responses.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>A+
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>[/color]
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| nickeloldie 2002-12-31, 8:16 pm |
| If he did format it - can use the MSDOS 5.0 - 6.0 unformat command
unformat /partn /l
This will revive the partition table and list all the files that were
recovered.
Connie
"Gurpreet Singh" <na@na.na> wrote in message
news:XqbL9.420232$MGm1.406329@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Was it Murphy's Law: Worst case scenario:
> There is a thing called HD crash, some are really bad too
> Once a while, drive is deemed *dead*, just cause it spins doesn't mean
> anything, its brain dead hehe
>
> Roger Hill wrote:
> > From a: drive (with DOS fdisk program on A
> > Try FDISK /MBR - Should restore master boot record
> > or try FDISK /CMBR C:
> >
> > Also - previous post is correct about the Hard Drive being recognized in
> > BIOS
> > The CMOS batrery going dead will lose all BIOS settings (and go back to
> > factory
> > defaults) Battery CR2032 Radio Shack $3.00
> >
> > Roger Hill
> > A+ Certified Professional
> >
> > "Chris E" <evans364@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> > news:7Bjy9.134331$wG.492719@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net...
> >
> >>Just wondering what you guys think of this.
> >>
> >>A friend has a Gateway 333 running Win ME 64 MB RAM,
> >>She complained that it wouldn't boot into Windows, so I said I'd take a
> >
> > look
> >
> >>at it. I figured it might be a corrupted swap file (I hoped). Fired it
> >
> > up
> >
> >>and after RAM count, it brought up the Go Back start screen " Press
Space
> >>Bar" , and I did. She said that she had already done this and waited up
> >
> > to
> >
> >>two hours for someting to happen, needless to say, nothing did. I
booted
> >
> > to
> >
> >>an A: prompt from the ME EBD and tried to SYS C:
> >>Came up with a "invalid drive specification"
> >>
> >>Tried to switch to a C: prompt, same error.
> >>
> >>I checked with my friend to confirm that the drive was drive C:, then
ran[c
olor=darkred]
> >>fdisk /status. It saw the drive, but no partition (better yet an active
> >>one), hence no drive letter.
> >>
> >>She said the PC was running fine last Thursday and then all of a sudden[/color]
on[co
lor=darkred]
> >>Friday, it wouldn't boot to Windows.
> >>Here is a possibility:
> >>She has an 11 year old son who plays games and messes with stuff on the[/color]
PC[co
lor=darkred]
> >>sometimes. I'm wondering if he didn't "accidentally" format the drive.
> >>If not, what else could cause this? The drive seems fine. Its spinning
> >
> > up
> >
> >>at boot, just seems to be wiped clean.
> >>Thanks for any responses.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>A+
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>[/color]
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