Corrupt NTFS File System

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Sean

Hi,

I have a 200GB hard drive that has crashed. I cannot access it from
windows XP and when running chkdsk, I get this:

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
Corrupt master file table. CHKDSK aborted.


So it looks like my files system is corrupted. I thought that there
was always a backup file system in case the master ever got messed up
so my question is, how do I copy the backup file system to the master
file system and hopefully restore the drive?

Is there a utility out there that I could use?

Thanks for any help!

Cheers,
Sean
 
I have a 200GB hard drive that has crashed. I cannot access it from
windows XP and when running chkdsk, I get this:

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
Corrupt master file table. CHKDSK aborted.


So it looks like my files system is corrupted. I thought that there
was always a backup file system in case the master ever got messed up
so my question is, how do I copy the backup file system to the master
file system and hopefully restore the drive?

Is there a utility out there that I could use?
Click to expand...

Another 48bit-LBA victim?
CHKDSK is NOT your friend.
System Restore does not protect you in case of disk corruption (like 137GB
roll-over).
You have to rely on proper backup.

Yes, professional data recovery service.
 
Sean said:
Hi,

I have a 200GB hard drive that has crashed. I cannot access it from
windows XP and when running chkdsk, I get this:

WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
Corrupt master file table. CHKDSK aborted.


So it looks like my files system is corrupted. I thought that there
was always a backup file system in case the master ever got messed up
so my question is, how do I copy the backup file system to the master
file system and hopefully restore the drive?

Is there a utility out there that I could use?

Thanks for any help!

Cheers,
Sean
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Have you tried 'CHKDSK /F' ?
Mike.
 
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