Sven - help - partition corrupted - fp output included

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Bill Mudd

Happy New Year

Hi Svend or whoever may help,

I had a similar problem on this hard drive about 6 months ago and Svend sent
a batch file that fixed it after he viewed the findpart output.

I am going to replace this drive tomorrow or monday. I guess it decided to
have one last crash before being replaced. But I need to copy the data on
this partition to the new
drive. I regret to say I did not learn how to use findpart last time.

The drive has 3 partitions - 1 for WinME - 1 for WinXP (I dual boot) and 1
is just a logical drive. The WinME partition is the one that got corrupted.
I tried fdisk /MBR with
no joy. Boot Magic had a sector for the dual boot but it seems to be gone. I
can
always replace that.

I downloaded the latest fp. The output is:

Findpart, version 4.37 - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2003.

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: Windows 5.1

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 7148925 9478350 4628 445 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 6359 4 1411* 6359 0 0 0 0
406 0 33 9850 4 534 9850 0 0 0 011101 4578
445 0 33 Second FAT not found.
627 1 2 Second FAT not found.
694 1 33 Second FAT not found.
760 0 2 Second FAT not found.
964 0 2 Second FAT not found.
1035 1 33 9631 4 1055 9631 0 0 0 010326 3056

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 1B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 OK OK
0 2*0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034*254 63 OK OK
0 3 0F 16627275 9879975 4824 1035* 0 1 1649*254 63 OK

1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK

Is the partition recoverable ? If so what should the findpart commands be
for the batch file ?

I greatly appreciate any help. thank you,

Bill Mudd
 
Happy New Year

Hi Svend or whoever may help,

I had a similar problem on this hard drive about 6 months ago and Svend sent
a batch file that fixed it after he viewed the findpart output.

I am going to replace this drive tomorrow or monday. I guess it decided to
have one last crash before being replaced. But I need to copy the data on
this partition to the new
drive. I regret to say I did not learn how to use findpart last time.

The drive has 3 partitions - 1 for WinME - 1 for WinXP (I dual boot) and 1
is just a logical drive. The WinME partition is the one that got corrupted.
I tried fdisk /MBR with
no joy. Boot Magic had a sector for the dual boot but it seems to be gone. I
can
always replace that.

I downloaded the latest fp. The output is:

Findpart, version 4.37 - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2003.

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: Windows 5.1

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 7148925 9478350 4628 445 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 6359 4 1411* 6359 0 0 0 0
406 0 33 9850 4 534 9850 0 0 0 011101 4578
445 0 33 Second FAT not found.
627 1 2 Second FAT not found.
694 1 33 Second FAT not found.
760 0 2 Second FAT not found.
964 0 2 Second FAT not found.
1035 1 33 9631 4 1055 9631 0 0 0 010326 3056

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 1B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 OK OK
0 2*0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034*254 63 OK OK
0 3 0F 16627275 9879975 4824 1035* 0 1 1649*254 63 OK

1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK

Is the partition recoverable ? If so what should the findpart commands be
for the batch file ?

I greatly appreciate any help. thank you,

Bill Mudd
Click to expand...

The FAT of the primary partition does not contain any information. One
possible explanation is that you attempted to recreate the partition
using Partition Magic.

Do:

findpart finddir 1 0 405 fp-a.txt

Mail me the file fp-a.txt.

I will reply here.
 
Hi Svend. Thank you for helping. I sent you fp-a.txt.

I didn't use Partition Magic on the old drive but a possible explanation
for the empty FATs is that in preparing to replace the old drive I had
copied each partition to CD discs. I used a Plextor CD drive backup program
called CD ResQ.

I was in WinME and copying the backed up WinME partition on the CD set
to the 1st partition on the new drive when I started getting error messages.
Eventually WinME locked up and I had to use the reset button. On rebooting,
I saw
the message from Boot Magic that said WinME could not be booted.

When I was using CD ResQ, I was very, very careful to choose the NEW drive
as the target
but I supposed the old drive may have somehow been chosen.

After that I used a Boot Magic rescue diskette to set WinXP partition to
active, booted into XP
and added fdisk & findpart to a boot diskette. I rebooted with the BM
diskette, set the
corrupted partition active and rebooted to the boot diskette containing
fdisk & fp.
I copied fdisk to the corrupted partition and did "fdisk /MBR".
It didn't fix the problem and so that's when I rebooted, ran "findpart all"
and prayed
you were around to answer my distress call.

Bill
 
OS: Windows 5.1

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 0B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
0 - 0C 7148925 9478350 4628 445 0 1 1034 254 63 B OK
1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK

-----FAT CHS -Size Cl --Root -Good -Rep. Maybe --Bad YYMMDD DataMB
0 1 33 6359 4 1411* 6359 0 0 0 0
406 0 33 9850 4 534 9850 0 0 0 011101 4578
445 0 33 Second FAT not found.
627 1 2 Second FAT not found.
694 1 33 Second FAT not found.
760 0 2 Second FAT not found.
964 0 2 Second FAT not found.
1035 1 33 9631 4 1055 9631 0 0 0 010326 3056

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1 1B 63 6522327 3184 0 1 1 405 254 63 OK OK
0 2*0C 6522390 10104885 4934 406 0 1 1034*254 63 OK OK
0 3 0F 16627275 9879975 4824 1035* 0 1 1649*254 63 OK

1035 1 0B 63 9879912 4824 1035* 1 1 1649*254 63 OK OK
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Reply no. 2. From mail I have in part:
Finddir, version FP 4.37.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2003.

Searches for subdirectories and calculates cluster two
location. 'Cluster' is cluster number or cluster 2 CHS.
'KB' is cluster KB. May also say something about FAT location.

OS: Windows 5.1

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 1650 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 12943

Start cylinder: 0 End cylinder: 405

--------- CHS ----- LBA -- Cluster (2) ----- LBA -KB YYMMDD
0 0 1 0 searched
9 137 62 153277 17560 010326
12 245 15 208229 0 203 25 12813 4 031230
95 162 33 1536413 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
99 165 8 1600837 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
100 0 1 1606500 searched
105 165 16 1697235 88591 010107
122 67 47 1964197 243925 010326
135 193 14 2180947 600202 030611
135 193 22 2180955 600203 030611
141 194 19 2277405 283076 010326
141 208 1 2278269 0 203 25 12813 4 010702
141 211 36 2278493 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
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158 135 15 2546789 0 203 25 12813 4 021130
158 136 24 2546861 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
159 253 4 2570277 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
159 253 28 2570301 0 203 25 12813 4 010326
200 0 1 3213000 searched
200 192 54 3225149 600202 030611
200 192 62 3225157 600203 030611
258 47 51 4147781 600202 030611
258 47 59 4147789 600203 030611
276 26 12 4435589 552696 031127
276 111 9 4440941 0 222 52 14037 4 031127
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334 90 58 5371437 0 222 52 14037 4 030718
334 96 16 5371773 0 222 52 14037 4 030718
375 128 39 6032477 752068 030507
388 92 6 6239021 0 253 11 15949 4 030509
388 92 14 6239029 0 253 11 15949 4 030509
Click to expand...
------FAT CHS ------LBA Confidence Distance Type Sig
194 29 10 3118446 27 32 NB
206 64 63 3313484 11 195038 32 NB
214 154 12 3447623 27 134139 32 NB
220 111 12 3541304 34 93681 32 NB
392 110 28 6304437 21 2763133 32 NB
395 39 11 6348142 27 43705 32 NB
Click to expand...

Traces from three different FAT32 partition were found in the
beginning of the disk. It can be the same partition manipulated by a
partitioning tool.

But no substantial FAT is present in the area of the current first
primary hidden FAT32 partition.

If missing files were in that area, it is a FAT32 without FAT recovery
case (a formatted partition), meaning that most files can be
recovered, but it will be more or less difficult depending on whether
the files are fragmented.

I may be able to help by mail for not fragmented files when you have
the new disk to which you can copy files, or you can try a usual
recovery program.
 
Okay. Thanks Svend Olaf.

I have the new drive. It's much larger than the old one.
I used Partition Magic to create 3 partitions on the new drive.
The partitions are identical in everything except size.
My plan was to use Plextor CD ResQ to copy the old drive's
partitions to the new drive.

I cannot use PM any more as it is an old version that doesn't work in
WinXP and the WinME partition is the corrupted one.
Hmmm. Wait I have a PM emergency diskette. So if you need me
to do anything with it I can try.

I have no solid explanation as to why so much of the FAT is missing.
It is an old drive. I was having to run chkdsk on it every few days.

If tracing down the exact reason why this drive's partition corrupted
(missing FAT info) is imporatant or helpful to you or the group let me know
and I will
do whatever I can per your suggestions.

Hope you got the fp-a.txt I sent.

Regards,

Bill
 
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