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From: Joshua K. <jo...@tr...> - 2003-07-21 16:48:14
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 06:16:20PM +0200, Szakacsits Szabolcs wrote: > XP starts filling the partition usually from 3 GB (said to be because of > performance reasons) so probably you only wiped out the boot sector. This > is also stored in the last sector (last 512 bytes) of the partition. Just > copy it to the partition beginning and that's all. The process was detail= ed > sometimes in the NTFS Help/Open discussion forums, maybe it's even in the > FAQ? If not, probably it should be ... Sadly, the partition i formatted in win98 setup was ~4GB. So I lost a chunk of system files when I finally fixed it. [See below] > You could also try 'fixboot' using Windows Recovery Console. Thanks, that by itself worked. =3DD > I don't think the MFT got damaged because that would cause much serious > damage. $MFTMirr doesn't really have so much useful info that 0.5GB could > be recovered. Live and learn :) -Josh --=20 Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef. -- Tom Robbins |
