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I have a Western Digital SE 200GB (WD2000JB) hard drive, with 1 partition (not ideal I know!) as a slave with no operating system on it, storing media files (inc. AVI, MPEG, MP3, PDF, RAR, ZIP, EXE). Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 (SP4) Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 14th, 2005 - 9:38 PM
Here is the log file in relation to my issue... Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 (SP4) Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 15th, 2005 - 2:15 AM
Hello, Mar 15th, 2005 - 10:22 AM
Thanks for your prompt reply, Joep. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 (SP4) Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 16th, 2005 - 2:25 AM
Hello, Mar 16th, 2005 - 10:03 AM
Hi Joep, Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 SP4 Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 16th, 2005 - 10:51 AM
Hello, Mar 16th, 2005 - 4:43 PM
Hi Joep, Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 (SP4) Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 17th, 2005 - 1:49 AM
From a DiskPatch point of view nothing can be fixed; all structures that diskpatch examines (and fixes) are okay. That leaves the filesystem itself as the most likely problem, in which case the best way to go is to use a filerecovery tool like iRecover to copy the files from the corrupted partition. When you've done that reformat the disk and verify that it works okay before putting precious data on it again. The iRecover demo allows you to recover 1 folder, so you can determine beforehand if iRecover will be able to help you. Thanks for the reply, Tom. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 SP4 Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 17th, 2005 - 11:14 AM
Hello, Mar 17th, 2005 - 11:56 AM
Hi Joep, thank you again for your prompt reply. I was a little confused, but now I see from your response that my problem is NOT partition corruption but File System corruption. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 SP4 Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 17th, 2005 - 12:29 PM
Repairing filesystem structures is dodgy business. The best thing to do is to copy the files from the damaged partition (and thus not changing the contents/not making the situation worse). As stated earlier, iRecover might be able to help. Use the demo to recover 1 folder and see if the files come out okay. Thank you Tom. I will try iRecover again, but I am pretty sure it will not recovery everything I need and with their correct/recognisable folders and filenames. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 SP4 Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 17th, 2005 - 2:24 PM
Hello, Mar 17th, 2005 - 5:19 PM
I am quite sure I have corrupted $MFT because when I try to open the drive I get a "corrupted $MFT" error message. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 SP4 Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 17th, 2005 - 6:04 PM
Hello, Mar 17th, 2005 - 10:43 PM
Hi Joep, I really do appreciate your time and effort (and Tom's) in helping me in my time of crisis. I work in IT & spend most of my days helping other people, so in this rare occasion that I need help, I thank you both greatly. Also, thank you for the NTFS link! I will investigate further. Product you are using: DiskPatch 2.1 Operating system / Service Pack: Windows 2000 (SP4) Size of subject harddisk: 200GB Mar 18th, 2005 - 1:31 AM
Hello, Mar 18th, 2005 - 10:01 AM
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