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    Unhappy FAT problem

    Win98 se
    2 ide drives, two partitions each.

    I can't boot into windows, it goes to dos screen highlighting dos promt option.

    I can't boot into safe mode either.

    I booted off a floppy and tried to run scandisk.

    Scandisk runs ok on all the partitions except for C:
    Says it cant read the FAT.

    I can read files on the c: from dos, so the drive is still there.

    I tried booting from a norton 2001 cd and ran navdx.
    It says boot record ok. I think its just checking it for virus.

    Any ideas on how to fix the FAT?

    I read this on another forum:
    "If you are stuck in DOS... type - scandisk c: /autofix /nosave /nosummary - then hit the enter key. Then type fdisk /mbr <enter> to get FDISK to repair the Master Boot Record. "

    Does that sound right or do I need some other software to repair the FAT?
    Last edited by travistee; August 20th, 2008 at 05:08 PM.

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