Lost drive 2 - recoverable ?

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I dual boot with WinME & XP. I was in XP using
the start menu and I clicked on the MS SDK entry
and the computer re-booted. The program is located
in a directory on logical drive F, physical drive 2
which has 2 other logical drives. When booted back up,
drive 2 had disappeared.

Something similar happened about a 2 years ago when
the drive was almost new. Does this mean it's bad
and should be replaced or is this par for the course ?

I haven't used any program to try to restore it; only
findpart. Here is the output of 'findpart all'.

Can drive 2 be restored ? Using findpart ?
Or fdisk ?

Thanks for any help,

Bill Mudd

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Findpart, version 4.42.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 1999-2004.

OS: DOS 8.00 WINDOWS 4.90 All

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 3649 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 28624

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0B 63 14860062 7255 0 1 1 924 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 11631060 26539380 12958 724 0 1 2375 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 14860125 26539380 12958 925 0 1 2576 254 63 B OK
2577 1 0B 63 17221617 8408 2577* 1 1 3648*254 63 R0 OK
0 - 0B 41399568 17221617 8408 2577 1 1 3648 254 63 B OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 Second FAT not found.
546 0 2 Second FAT not found.
648 0 33 Second FAT not found.
648 1 33 Second FAT not found.
724 0 33 Second FAT not found.
925 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1475 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1637 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1645 0 2 Second FAT not found.
1856 1 32 Second FAT not found.
1918 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1951 0 2 Second FAT not found.
2054 1 2 Second FAT not found.
2096 1 2 Second FAT not found.
2109 0 33 Second FAT not found.
2374 0 2 Second FAT not found.
2527 1 33 Second FAT not found.
2577 1 33 16787 4 541398 16787 0 0 0 010326 3211

-----FAT CHS ------LBA Confidence Distance Type Sig
0 1 33 95 13247 32 OK
1 205 28 29007 10036 28912 32 OK

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 0F 41399505 17221680 8409 2577* 0 1 3648*254 63 OK
0 2*0B 63 14860062 7255 0 1 1 924 254 63 OK OK
0 3 1C 14860125 26539380 12958 925 0 1 2576*254 63 OK OK

2577 1 0B 63 17221617 8408 2577* 1 1 3648*254 63 R0 OK

Disk: 2 Cylinders: 7297 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 57239

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0C 63 47857572 23367 0 1 1 2978 254 63 B OK
No jump 0 1 1
1 1 0B 63 62316072 30427 1 1 1 3879*254 63 NB OK
1 2 05 62316135 41479830 20253 3880* 0 1 6461*254 63 1 OK
0 - 0B 16128 --- --- 1 1 1 0 0 1 B NB
0 - 0B 16128 62316072 30427 1 1 1 3879 254 63 BU OK
2980 1 3C 63 55938267 27313 2980* 1 1 6461*254 63 OK
2980 2 05103795965 13414275 6549 6462* 0 1 7296*254 63 1 OK
2980 - 0B 63 41479767 20253 2980 1 1 5561 254 63 B OK
3880 1 0B 63 41479767 20253 3880* 1 1 6461*254 63 OK OK
3880 2 05103795965 13414275 6549 6462* 0 1 7296*254 63 1 OK
0 - 83102767805 11807775 5765 6397 0 1 7131 254 63 B0 3 OK
6462 1 0B 63 13414212 6549 6462* 1 1 7296*254 63 NB OK
6462 - 0B 63 --- --- 6462 1 1 0 0 1 B NB
0 - 0B103812093 13414212 6549 6462 1 1 7296 254 63 BU OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 11683 16* 2* 8296 0 4 3383 5144
1 1 33 15216 16 5196 15216 0 0 0 031231 10360
2980 1 33 10122 16 2 10122 0 0 0 030430 4938
3880 1 33 10122 16 2 10122 0 0 0 030430 4740
4027 0 33 Second FAT not found.
6462 1 33 6552 8 883 6552 0 0 0 040115 3359

Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:

None.
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I dual boot with WinME & XP. I was in XP using
the start menu and I clicked on the MS SDK entry
and the computer re-booted. The program is located
in a directory on logical drive F, physical drive 2
which has 2 other logical drives. When booted back up,
drive 2 had disappeared.

Something similar happened about a 2 years ago when
the drive was almost new. Does this mean it's bad
and should be replaced or is this par for the course ?

I haven't used any program to try to restore it; only
findpart. Here is the output of 'findpart all'.

Can drive 2 be restored ? Using findpart ?
Or fdisk ?

Thanks for any help,

Bill Mudd

---------------------------------------------
Findpart, version 4.42.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 1999-2004.

OS: DOS 8.00 WINDOWS 4.90 All

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 3649 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 28624

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0B 63 14860062 7255 0 1 1 924 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 11631060 26539380 12958 724 0 1 2375 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 14860125 26539380 12958 925 0 1 2576 254 63 B OK
2577 1 0B 63 17221617 8408 2577* 1 1 3648*254 63 R0 OK
0 - 0B 41399568 17221617 8408 2577 1 1 3648 254 63 B OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 Second FAT not found.
546 0 2 Second FAT not found.
648 0 33 Second FAT not found.
648 1 33 Second FAT not found.
724 0 33 Second FAT not found.
925 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1475 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1637 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1645 0 2 Second FAT not found.
1856 1 32 Second FAT not found.
1918 0 33 Second FAT not found.
1951 0 2 Second FAT not found.
2054 1 2 Second FAT not found.
2096 1 2 Second FAT not found.
2109 0 33 Second FAT not found.
2374 0 2 Second FAT not found.
2527 1 33 Second FAT not found.
2577 1 33 16787 4 541398 16787 0 0 0 010326 3211

-----FAT CHS ------LBA Confidence Distance Type Sig
0 1 33 95 13247 32 OK
1 205 28 29007 10036 28912 32 OK

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 0F 41399505 17221680 8409 2577* 0 1 3648*254 63 OK
0 2*0B 63 14860062 7255 0 1 1 924 254 63 OK OK
0 3 1C 14860125 26539380 12958 925 0 1 2576*254 63 OK OK

2577 1 0B 63 17221617 8408 2577* 1 1 3648*254 63 R0 OK

Disk: 2 Cylinders: 7297 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 57239

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0C 63 47857572 23367 0 1 1 2978 254 63 B OK
No jump 0 1 1
1 1 0B 63 62316072 30427 1 1 1 3879*254 63 NB OK
1 2 05 62316135 41479830 20253 3880* 0 1 6461*254 63 1 OK
0 - 0B 16128 --- --- 1 1 1 0 0 1 B NB
0 - 0B 16128 62316072 30427 1 1 1 3879 254 63 BU OK
2980 1 3C 63 55938267 27313 2980* 1 1 6461*254 63 OK
2980 2 05103795965 13414275 6549 6462* 0 1 7296*254 63 1 OK
2980 - 0B 63 41479767 20253 2980 1 1 5561 254 63 B OK
3880 1 0B 63 41479767 20253 3880* 1 1 6461*254 63 OK OK
3880 2 05103795965 13414275 6549 6462* 0 1 7296*254 63 1 OK
0 - 83102767805 11807775 5765 6397 0 1 7131 254 63 B0 3 OK
6462 1 0B 63 13414212 6549 6462* 1 1 7296*254 63 NB OK
6462 - 0B 63 --- --- 6462 1 1 0 0 1 B NB
0 - 0B103812093 13414212 6549 6462 1 1 7296 254 63 BU OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 11683 16* 2* 8296 0 4 3383 5144
1 1 33 15216 16 5196 15216 0 0 0 031231 10360
2980 1 33 10122 16 2 10122 0 0 0 030430 4938
3880 1 33 10122 16 2 10122 0 0 0 030430 4740
4027 0 33 Second FAT not found.
6462 1 33 6552 8 883 6552 0 0 0 040115 3359

Partitions according to partition tables on second harddisk:

None.
Click to expand...

It seems to be a partition table and FAT32 boot sector repair case. In
the last 5 years, I did not make one single error in a batch file
posted here, but it has now become a too large pressure for me to keep
that rate.

As example, the command to copy files (not repair) from the first
logical partition will be:

findpart chsdir 2 1 1 1 backupbootsector copy

(not a batch file). Assuming the internals of the partitions are OK,
except for the boot sector.
 
Probably this is the problem of the windows system
I suggest you use partition table doctor.It provides very useful
functions: Backup partition table, Restore partition table, Rebuild
partition table, undelete partition,Fixboot.
see more:http://www.ptdd.com

Regards!
 
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