[access-uk] Re: HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL HARD DISC
- From: "LaMcAs" <lamcas17@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:56:47 +0100
Years ago I remember using the command line
Fdisk /mbr c: (I think that was it!) and managed to fix boot sectors and fix
the master boot record
Or was it
Chkdsk /mbr c:
I'm sure someone will put us right!
HTH
Larry & Elliot GD (Guide Dog)
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kulvinder Bhogal
Sent: 30 March 2010 19:50
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL HARD
DISC
Cheers for that, will have a look.
I must take this oportunity to thanks everyone that has helped thus far.
Regards.
Kulvinder Singh Bhogal
Email: kbhogal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Messenger: Kulvinder@xxxxxxxx
Skypename: bobba2006
Mobile: +447792888797
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mack" <dcmack2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:42 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL HARD
DISC
> For what it is worth, I had the same problem last year and recovered
> everything with a program called Power Data Recovery but it costs $70 for
> an individual license. It also recovered very old deleted folders and
> files as well so I needed some help in sorting everything out with my low
> vision but the program worked extremely well.
>
> The link is http://www.powerdatarecovery.com/power-data-recovery.htm if
> interested.
>
> Grandpa Dave in California
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doris and Chris" <chipmunks@xxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:29 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL
> HARD DISC
>
>
>> Several years ago, i used a program called "Restorer 2000 to restore an
>> external hd that had gone south and that my computer did not recognize as
>> a formatted drive anymore.
>>
>> I do not know if this program is still availble or where to find it. A
>> friend helped me with it at the time. it was fairly speech friendly.
>>
>> If you want to use the method Mr.Barry suggested, you could just put the
>> drive into a box as a secondary disk - provided the mbrfix command works
>> on drives other than the one holding the operating system.
>>
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Doris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> At 05:51 PM 3/30/2010 +0100, you wrote:
>>>Hi there Barry
>>>
>>>I have just had a look at the link that you gave and upon reading the
>>>article, I can say that it isn't windows itself that is the problem but
>>>the reading of an external drive that is.
>>>
>>>I wonder, could I trouble you once more? Windows will read the drive but
>>>shows it as raw format and not NTFS as it was before. How can I resolve
>>>this, if it is possible that is?
>>>
>>>Thanks a lot for your advice and hel thus far.
>>>
>>>Kulvinder Singh Bhogal
>>>Email: kbhogal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Messenger: Kulvinder@xxxxxxxx
>>>Skypename: bobba2006
>>>Mobile: +447792888797
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Toner"
>>><barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 12:16 PM
>>>Subject: [access-uk] Re: HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL
>>>HARD DISC
>>>
>>>
>>>>Kulvinder,
>>>>
>>>>Here ya go have a read here Straight forward steps.
>>>>
>>>>http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/fix-mbr-xp-vista/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>>>Of
>>>>Kulvinder Bhogal
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:22 AM
>>>>To: Access UK
>>>>Subject: [access-uk] HOW TO RECOVER MASTER BOOT RECORD ON EXTERNAL HARD
>>>>DISC
>>>>
>>>>Hi all
>>>>
>>>>Hope someone has an answer to this.
>>>>
>>>>How do i go about recovering my master boot record on my external hard
>>>>disc.
>>>>
>>>>i have years of material on it that I don't wish to lose if I don't have
>>>>to.
>>>>
>>>>Any help gratefully received.
>>>>
>>>>Regards.
>>>>Kulvinder
>>>>
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