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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Disks / File System / May 2004Lost C: after a cold boot ?
Hello All, REcently I was having problems like freezing, rebooting suddenly, without warning, without any cause. Today also same thing happened. The screen went blank, the monitor light was flickering. Keyboard, mouse did not respond. So did a direct shut down. But now windows didnot start. After bios routine, it just said 'loading windows' and stopped there. The engineer came and said C: is lost, got to format and do it over again. He showed me that fdisk says the file system on c: is labelled as 'Unknown' instead of FAT32. Is there any way out ? Thanks.. - Sachin Kale If the disk drive is faulty you need to repair it first. You can get hard disk drive diagnostics from the www site of the drive manufacturer. You can check that the cabling and connectors are OK, and confirm that it is correctly recognised in BIOS setup. If it's repairable, or if the fault was only temporary then the information may be recoverable, although you'll need some help. Use Findpart from this site to get partition information. http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm Be very careful that you do not write anything to the disk until you are sure that it is operating properly, as that will simply make things worse.  SignatureJeff Richards MS MVP W95/W98 > Hello All, > REcently I was having problems like freezing, rebooting [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > - Sachin Kale pls read on .. >-----Original Message----- >If the disk drive is faulty you need to repair it first. You can get hard [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Be very careful that you do not write anything to the disk until you are >sure that it is operating properly, as that will simply make things worse. Thankyou for your help Jeff ! Here is the output of Findpart- Can u make out something of use .. ~Sachin Findpart, version 4.38. Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2004. Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83, plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1. OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10 Disk: 2 Cylinders: 2434 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19093 -PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0 - 83 9446220 6201090 3027 588 0 1 973 254 63 B0 OK 0 - 0B 9446220 6201090 3027 588 0 1 973 254 63 BU OK 974 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 974 1 1 1411*254 63 R0 OK 974 2 05 7036470 7036470 3435 1412# 0 1 1849*254 63 974 OK 0 - 0B 15647373 7036407 3435 974 1 1 1411 254 63 B OK 1412 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 1412# 1 1 1849*254 63 R0 OK 1412 2 05 14072940 8691165 4243 1850# 0 1 2390*254 63 974 OK 0 - 0B 22683843 7036407 3435 1412 1 1 1849 254 63 B OK 1850 1 0B 63 8691102 4243 1850# 1 1 2390*254 63 R0 OK 1850 2 05 22764105 690795 337 2391# 0 1 2433*254 63 974 OK 0 - 0B 29720313 8691102 4243 1850 1 1 2390 254 63 B OK 2285 1 82 63 530082 258 2285* 1 1 2317*254 63 OK 2391 1 06 63 690732 337 2391# 1 1 2433*254 63 R0 OK 0 - 06 38411478 690732 337 2391 1 1 2433 254 63 B OK -----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB 0 1 33 15266 4# 2#15266 0 0 0 010101 3973 974 1 33 6865 4 2 6865 0 0 0 010101 3189 1412 1 33 6865 4 2 6865 0 0 0 010526 3069 1850 1 33 8480 4 2 8480 0 0 0 010526 2387 2391 1 2 169 8* 512 169 0 0 0 010526 2 Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk: -PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0 1*0B 63 9446157 4612 0 1 1 587 254 63 NB OK 0 2 0F 15647310 23454900 11452 974 0 1 2433*254 63 OK 0 3 83 9446220 6201090 3027 588 0 1 973 254 63 OK OK 974 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 974 1 1 1411*254 63 R0 OK 974 2 05 7036470 7036470 3435 1412# 0 1 1849*254 63 OK 1412 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 1412# 1 1 1849*254 63 R0 OK 1412 2 05 14072940 8691165 4243 1850# 0 1 2390*254 63 OK 1850 1 0B 63 8691102 4243 1850# 1 1 2390*254 63 R0 OK 1850 2 05 22764105 690795 337 2391# 0 1 2433*254 63 OK 2391 1 06 63 690732 337 2391# 1 1 2433*254 63 R0 OK >Thankyou for your help Jeff ! > >Here is the output of Findpart- >Can u make out something of use .. >~Sachin >Thankyou for your help Jeff ! >Here is the output of Findpart- [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Findpart, version 4.38. >Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2004. >OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10 > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > 2391 1 06 63 690732 337 2391# 1 1 2433*254 63 R0 OK It seems as the FAT of the primary FAT32 partition in the beginning of the disk may be OK, but the boot sector and the backup boot sector are damaged. If you have somewhat more than 3973 MB free in one partition on disk 1, you can do using Findpart for Windows in an empty directory: findpart chsdir 2 0 1 33 15266 4 2 copy to attempt to copy all files from the partition. It will be possible to repair the partition if only the boot sectors are damaged. Remember to run the copy command in an empty directory, to avoid conflict with existing files and directories. SignatureSvend Olaf http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm Pls raead on .. >-----Original Message----- > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >Remember to run the copy command in an empty directory, to avoid >conflict with existing files and directories. Thank you Swend For your kind help. I will try what u say; I hope and prey that it works .. Sachin >-----Original Message----- >Pls raead on .. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >Sachin Hello Svend, I tried as you advised .. I ran the command- findpart chsdir 2 0 1 33 15266 4 2 copy In the first hdd but it gave the Helpfile as the output, nothing happened. Also can I run the command on an undamaged partition of the 2nd HDD, if so do i have to change the disk number ? Thanks, Waiting for your reply. ~Sachin >>>If you have somewhat more than 3973 MB free in one partition on disk >>>1, you can do using Findpart for Windows in an empty directory: >>> >>>findpart chsdir 2 0 1 33 15266 4 2 copy >>>Svend Olaf >>>http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm >Hello Svend, >I tried as you advised .. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >~Sachin Did you use Findpart for Windows, version 4.41? You can have the Findpart files in the directory in which you run the command. The command is the same if run from a partition on another disk. I mentioned disk 1, since it did not seem as you have room for all files in an OK partition on disk 2. SignatureSvend Olaf http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm Pls read on .. >-----Original Message----- > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >mentioned disk 1, since it did not seem as you have room for all files >in an OK partition on disk 2. You are God Svend Olaf ! I successfully copied the data to new partition. I am not a computer professional I am a Doctor, a Pathologist But ur instructions and program were so immaculate that I was able to do it. If you ever visit India, be my guest. I will write a personal email to you, if you dont mind.. Sachin >You are God Svend Olaf ! >I successfully copied the data to new partition. I am not [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Sachin Nice that you could copy the data. Feel free to email me. But please do not overestimate how complicated this was to solve. Any, or almost any recovery program which copies data to another disk could have been used. SignatureSvend Olaf >-----Original Message----- > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >or almost any recovery program which copies data to another disk could >have been used. Svend, I forgot to ask, what do I do with my damaged C: drive, do I format it or is there any magic pation which can be used to repair it ? Thanks. ~Sachin >Svend, >I forgot to ask, what do I do with my damaged C: drive, do >I format it or is there any magic pation which can be used >to repair it ? >Thanks. >~Sachin You can do: findpart tables fp-a.txt and mail me the file fp-a.txt. Then I will look into the possibility of a repair. SignatureSvend Olaf >-----Original Message----- > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >and mail me the file fp-a.txt. Then I will look into the possibility >of a repair. Thanks Svend, Here is the output .. Findpart, version 4.38. Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2004. OS: DOS 7.10 WINDOWS 4.10 Partition tables: Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1023 Heads: 64 Sectors: 63 MB: 2014 -PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0 1*0B 63 1229697 600 0 1 1 304 63 63 OK OK 0 2 05 1229760 2894976 1413 305 0 1 1022 63 63 OK 305 1 0B 63 2894913 1413 305 1 1 1022 63 63 OK OK Disk: 2 Cylinders: 2434 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19093 -PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0 1*0B 63 9446157 4612 0 1 1 587 254 63 NB OK 0 2 0F 15647310 23454900 11452 974 0 1 2433*254 63 OK 0 3 83 9446220 6201090 3027 588 0 1 973 254 63 OK OK 974 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 974 1 1 1411*254 63 R0 OK 974 2 05 7036470 7036470 3435 1412# 0 1 1849*254 63 OK 1412 1 0B 63 7036407 3435 1412# 1 1 1849*254 63 R0 OK 1412 2 05 14072940 8691165 4243 1850# 0 1 2390*254 63 OK 1850 1 0B 63 8691102 4243 1850# 1 1 2390*254 63 R0 OK 1850 2 05 22764105 690795 337 2391# 0 1 2433*254 63 OK 2391 1 06 63 690732 337 2391# 1 1 2433*254 63 R0 OK I want to publically thank Svend Olaf for his help in recoverin my data and restoring the lost partition. He gave me step by step instructions because of which I could recover the data also thanks Jeff Richards for directing me to partition support.co Sachin > >You are God Svend Olaf ! > >I successfully copied the data to new partition. I am not [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > or almost any recovery program which copies data to another disk could > have been used. The very fact that you bothered to reply is indeed worthy of the praise you received |
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