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Re: MFT trouble
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Orf Bartrop <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:16:00 +1100
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Suggest you return the disk to the outlet where purchased and get a
replacement under warranty.

Orf Bartrop

JMB wrote:

> While not free, at www.grc.com Steve Gibson has a program called
> SpinRite V6.0 which has a very high rating among many reviewers. It will
> work on NTFS and Linux partitions. Provides low level access to drives
> and their data. And while it costs $89, may be just what you need. The
> site has a lot of info on this product.
>
> Jean Bourvic
>
> Richard Glazier wrote:
>
>> I have one physical hard drive that I use as a DATA only drive.
>> It is one big partition fully supported by the BIOS and OS.
>> The OS (WinXP-ProSP1) boots from a different physical HD.
>>
>> The  DATA drive MFT has three bad sectors. (Four bad file record
>> segments.)
>> This (unfortunately) makes the ENTIRE drive/(partition) inaccessible.
>> (Windows thinks the file system is "RAW")   It is(was) NTFS.
>>
>> I need to find out if it is possible to "fix" an MFT, or FORCE the use
>> of the MFT2.  (This is all "supposed to be" automatic...)
>>
>> As a second choice, I would like to get a FREE data recovery program
>> that would at least let me "see" what is on the drive.
>>
>> I "could" optionally erase the entire drive... It has backups of the
>> BOOT
>> drive and several other drives, and ALL my personal stuff is in there...
>>
>> The drive in question is a Maxtor 160G Purchased new - Retail 11/26/04
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any/all suggestions.
>>
>>                              Rick Glazier
>>
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