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August 14th, 2000, 05:53 PM
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Windows 98 boot problem
On attempting to boot from previously working WD 20gb, fat 32 drive get message invalid system disk (running Win98). Booting from a: ok can log to c: but dir shows whole root directory with corrupted file and sub directory names but as I remember the amount of free disk space looks ok.
Any ideas what could have caused this and have I lost all my data or is a recovery possible. ------------------ |
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August 14th, 2000, 06:34 PM
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first step is to sys c: and see if it boots. than scandisk.
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August 15th, 2000, 06:01 AM
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Using 98 boot floppy try "fdisk /mbr"
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August 15th, 2000, 07:10 AM
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Also worth trying is to run FDISK and check if the Partition is set to Active or not. If it isn't then set it as Active
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August 15th, 2000, 03:13 PM
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All suggestions appear to have failed. At moment in process of Norton Disk Doctor. Did fdisk /mbr + NDD /rebuild. Seems to have located some of data/programmes we wait with baited breath to see what's been salvaged!
Many thanks again for your suggestions. Geoff- ex pat Brit. ------------------ |
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