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K I got a hard drive... has goback on it... can't access it on other machine due to this crap goback on it... how do I get rid of it? I can't boot off the drive cause the old machine is dead... when I try to boot off it it gives me a
"failure gb_ui_support(1147)" has anyone dealt with this problem... I just need to copy his data off the drive...
NTFS file system windows XP pro 250gig maxtor
PS attaching it to another computer it sees the drive, but will not give it a drive letter...
Goback is the spawn of the devil ! :flames: ... I hate it ! :uke:
A bit of googling gave me this ..
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..Remove GoBack from the Master Boot Record
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Note: Because the timing of the key-presses that are described in this section can be critical, especially on a fast computer, we strongly suggest that you try this more than once if you are not successful the first time.
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Turn off the computer.
Start the computer, and then immediately press and hold down the Ctrl+Alt+G keys. A message will appear that gives you the option to force the removal of GoBack from the master boot record. Note that some computers require that you hold down the Ctrl+Alt keys while rapidly tapping the G key.
Press F to force the removal of GoBack from the master boot record.
Restart the computer.
Solution 2
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WARNINGS:
Do not try this unless multiple attempts to use Solution 1 have failed.
This procedure will delete ALL partitions from your hard drive. If you have multiple partitions and you follow these instructions, you may lose all of your data.
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Follow the instructions for your operating system.
Windows 95/98/Me
Insert a Windows Startup disk in the floppy disk drive and restart the computer.
At the A:\ prompt, type the following:
FDisk /MBR
Press Enter. This will rewrite the MBR, remove the GoBack entry, and replace the Windows boot information with default settings.
When you see the A:\ prompt again, remove the floppy and restart the computer.
Repeat any procedures that you previously performed, such as using a Restore or Recovery CD that came with the computer, or creating partitions.
Windows 2000/XP
Start the computer from a Windows installation CD or a Windows bootable floppy disk.
Use the Windows Recovery Console to run the FIXMBR command. Refer to the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles for instructions on accessing and using the Windows Recovery Console and the FIXMBR command:
Windows 2000: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;229716
Windows XP: http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;314058
I'd be leery to try this right now without having an image of the drive copied somewhere... but have you tried FDISK /mbr?
EDIT: Beaten by a mere seconds! :rolleyes:
I'm faster at tech support than at mindtraps :p ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stalemate
wow... thanks... I'd checked out nortons website and couldn't find anything helpful... and I googled it a bit but mostly just "This software sucks!" whiney stuff without an actual solution... but yours worked great... I owe you a few beers :)
saved my customers butt... thanks
whew... what a bad day...
[QUOTE=confus-ed]Goback is the spawn of the devil ! :flames: ... I hate it ! :uke:
confus-ed, YOU are a TRUE PC Hero!
Your info step #1 got me up and running in minutes agin.
I just wanted to thank you. :mult:
I hereby crown you PC HERO.
I couldnt find nuttin.
Welcome to Windrivers GNO.
Confus-ed has moved on in cyberspace, but I will send him a message with your thanks.
Where did he go, I was wondering what happened to him?Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
I'm not entirely sure... the email address I have for him doesn't bounce, but then again, I don't get replies either :sad:
Ah well, we never liked him anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by NooNoo
That's bound to get a response if he is still lurking :)
have had many runins with goback myself.... when you are unable to remove it ( in this case you apparently were ) I've had luck with getdataback software from runtime systems....
Way to resurrect a year old thread... :P
Funny though, been running into GoBack a lot more recently again for some reason. I remove it every time I see it now. With all the gadgets and gizmos norton has I'm surprised they haven't just come out with their own OS... ;P
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Originally Posted by arch0nmyc0n
Hey I didn't resurrect it I just gave it a little life support! :grin:
didnt' even look when the original post was... just that there were serveral recent posts to it.... besides like you said been seeing lots of problems with this crap so reviewing a bit couldn't hurt....
For people to go to the trouble of registering just to say thanks I think is wonderful. How many people actually stop to say thankyou?
If I saw a thread every day resurrected just to say thank you, my faith in human nature would be finally vindicated.
it is indeed a nice gesture,and the plus is maybe ed will see this and talk to us again :p
Don't get me wrong it's always a nice treat to be thanked like that. I just haven't posted much here over the last few months and I got an email on a topic I asked a long time ago. It's nice to look back and think about it all again... I've been moved up to management and I don't get to touch this sort of thing much anymore.
But now you know how to manage this sort of thing... right? :D :D
C:\saw reply notification in e-mail
C:\windrivers log on
C:\text\reply\comment\anyone willing to help others with even the smallest amount of info that could mean so much to even just one or two people deserves a thanks at the least. :)
C:\text\comment\my turn to return the favor to someone when I can
C:\text\extra comment\GoBack works pretty good for the most part. This was a rare jam. It has pulled me out of some serious ****. Remember, nothing is perfect and don't depend on anything. I have various forms of back up. In fact, these days its a good idea to have two PC's as I do. Just like having two cars. One breaks down, you can use the other to get to work and find info to fix the other
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C\log off
GNO is hooked... he will be back!
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Originally Posted by NooNoo
You R right. :) Had to drop a line to say that from this I learned that Goback does NOT work for hard drives that have a second partition on the BOOT drive. AND. It does NOT work if your Bios has a hard disk boot drive data back up feature. And it does NOT work if your Bios has a HD back up of Bios.
Its pretty much outta date. Norton cant keep up. Time to move on. None of the other features in the system works stuff REALLY worked anyway. It was ALL show and bogged system down. I just kept it around for Goback but now that aint worth a sh it. :)
So F#%C! it ALL.
:) (happy, happy, joy, joy)
[QUOTE=Shard92]Hey I didn't resurrect it I just gave it a little life support! :grin:
Now that's what I'd call artificial inspiration!
you might want to try this It is in the process of being renamed "steadystate".
I also googled the GoBack problem and lost about 200G on a 400G drive which had 4 partitions on it. I was able to recover 3 partitions fully and the 4th mostly with Solution 2 Below. On the 4th partition, i recovered most of it, but some data only had the file names intact with the file size listed as 0 bytes. I tried a few things, but was unsuccessful in the last bit of recovery. STILL, I was very happy to have been able to recover the vast majority of the disk. THANKS SO MUCH, to the originator of SOL#2.
Welcome to Windrivers rbinoc
Confus-ed doesn't post around here any more, but I am sure he would be delighted to know that his post is still helping folks.