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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:01 pm
Post subject: mbr for 40G harddrive?
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 1:55 am
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"*selah*" <pzion.naax DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in
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> Is there anywhere to get an mbr for a 40G hard drive using win98?
They arent that specific to the size of the drive.
> (besides getting another one and setting it up).
If you dont care about losing the data on the drive, wipe the
existing boot sector with something like clearhdd and win98
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:50 am
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:58 am
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"*selah*" <pzion.naax.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> 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.
Regards, Zvi
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 9:58 am
Post subject: Re: mbr for 40G harddrive? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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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.)
Thanks,
Ben
"Zvi Netiv" <support.TakeThisOut@replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message
news:boj8815ivta7mhqel01k7uj3s150ih7bm3@4ax.com...
> "*selah*" <pzion.naax.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> 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.
>
> Regards, Zvi
> --
> NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.invircible.com" target="_blank">www.invircible.com</a> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.ivi.co.il" target="_blank">www.ivi.co.il</a> (Hebrew)
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:42 am
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On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" <pzion.naax RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
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.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ --> >> Stay informed about: mbr for 40G harddrive? |
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:54 am
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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.
<shkvorets DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1115999441.353693.247670@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> fdisk /mbr will restore your original MBR.
>
> Regards,
> Yaroslav.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.datarecoveryindex.com</font" target="_blank">www.datarecoveryindex.com</font</a>>
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:41 pm
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(Msg. 9) Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 11:49 pm
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<shkvorets.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1115999441.353693.247670@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
> fdisk /mbr will restore your original MBR.
Clueless.
>
> Regards,
> Yaroslav.
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.datarecoveryindex.com</font" target="_blank">www.datarecoveryindex.com</font</a>>
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 3:20 am
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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" <spam RemoveThis @spamcop.com> wrote in message
news:4284928d.12628899@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" <pzion.naax RemoveThis @yahoo.com>
> 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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(Msg. 11) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 4:53 am
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<shkvorets RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> fdisk /mbr will restore your original MBR.
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(Msg. 12) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 8:04 am
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Bob is a troll. He did not read your message. He doesn't have a clue.
"*selah*" <pzion.naax DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d648sk02o5b@news2.newsguy.com...
> 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" <spam DeleteThis @spamcop.com> wrote in message
> news:4284928d.12628899@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> > On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" <pzion.naax DeleteThis @yahoo.com>
> > 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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(Msg. 13) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 11:05 am
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"*selah*" <pzion.naax.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> 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 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.resq.co.il/resq.php" target="_blank">www.resq.co.il/resq.php</a> 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" <support.DeleteThis@replace_with_domain.com> wrote in message
> > "*selah*" <pzion.naax.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> 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.
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(Msg. 14) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 11:21 am
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"*selah*" <pzion.naax.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> 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" <spam.DeleteThis@spamcop.com> wrote in message
> news:4284928d.12628899@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> > On Fri, 13 May 2005 04:15:30 -0400, "*selah*" <pzion.naax.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>
> > 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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(Msg. 15) Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 11:31 am
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"Eric Gisin" <ericgisin.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> <shkvorets.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> 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 <0q9b811698kkcj82mrub81frunfmunp0ld.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>
Regards, Zvi
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