How does one repair the partition table..........?
dan Tanna
an error saying my partition table is bad(see text below). Should I be
concerned? Can one repair a "bad" partition table? If so, How?
Thanks group!
PowerQuest PartitionInfo 7.0 -- Windows 95/98/Me Version
Date Generated: 10/26/01 16:01:54
Copyright (c)1994-2001, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.
General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 402,075,648
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 340,819,968
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 1,745,403,904
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 117,846,016
===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 2434 Cylinders, 255 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
Info: EZ-Drive is installed on this drive.
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
NO NAME 0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 385 254
63 63 39,102,147
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 0C 2433 254 63 63
39102147
===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 3: 96 Cylinders, 64 Heads, 32
Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 1: 19,092.9 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects
===========================================================================================================
*:NO NAME FAT32X Pri,Boot 19,092.8 0 0
63 39,102,147 39,102,147 0
===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 3: 96.0 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect #
StartSect TotalSects UsedSects FreeSects
===========================================================================================================
===========================================================================================================
Boot Record for drive *: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type:
FAT32)
===========================================================================================================
1. Jump: EB 58 90
2. OEM Name: MSWIN4.1
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 32
5. Reserved Sectors: 32
6. Number of FAT's: 2
7. Reserved: 0x0000
8. Reserved: 0x0000
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Big Total Sectors: 39102147 (0x254A6C3)
15. Big Sectors per FAT: 9545
16. Extended Flags: 0x0000
17. FS Version: 0
18. First Cluster of Root: 2 (0x2)
19. FS Info Sector: 1
20. Backup Boot Sector: 6
21. Reserved: 000000000000000000000000
22. Drive ID: 0x80
23. Reserved for NT: 0x00
24. Extended Boot Sig: 0x29
25. Serial Number: 0x132214FA
26. Volume Name: NO NAME
27. File System Type: FAT32
28. Boot Signature: 0xAA55
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AJ
>I have been trying to use PowerQuest's Partion Magic 7 but it prompts
>an error saying my partition table is bad(see text below). Should I be
>concerned? Can one repair a "bad" partition table? If so, How?
>
Tap <F8> on startup to enter safe mode. Run scan disk and choose
-thurough- and -automatically fix errors-.
Junior Tracy
since when?
I always thought "fdisk /mbr" fixed damaged partition tables by loading a
"good" copy in place of the damaged one.
Was I wrong?
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NoSetFine
*pointer* to the partition table only. Be careful when using this,
however - there is at least one software contraindication. Also -
"EZ-Drive" installs to the boot sector, but I don't know where exactly, so I
don't know if re-writing the MBR will affect it.
Check here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q69/0/13.ASP
As for SCANDISK, I understand it can *find* partition table errors, but find
no evidence it can actually repair them. There are, however, third party
programs for that.
-nsf
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Steve
> Check here:
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q69/0/13.ASP
> -nsf
There's a REALLY good and effective way to do this using the debug command
in DOS, unfortunately it's just something a friend of mine showed me and I
wrote down in my office (not where I'm at now), so I'd suggest reading up on
DOS commands--anyone know where some good DOS literature is?
--
Steve
Pablo
problem and will not allow you to fdisk the drive. This script will allow
you to clear the partition sector. After that you can repair the MBR if you
want. Utilities can do this too. I like debug so here is the way to do it
A:\>DEBUG
- f 200 L200 0
- a 100
xxxx:0100 mov ax,301 (ignore segment:offset values at left)
xxxx:0103 mov bx,200
xxxx:0106 mov cx,1
xxxx:0109 mov dx,0080
xxxx:010C int 13
xxxx:010E int 3
xxxx:010F (Press ENTER an extra time here)
- d 100 LF
xxxx:0100 B8 01 03 BB 00 02 B9 01-00 BA 80 00 CD 13 CC
(make sure that hex values match above line before proceeding)
(if values do not match, type Q and start over)
- g=100
(ignore register display)
- q (quits back to DOS)
Yeah for old school stuff.....!!!!!
DO this from a bootable floppy with fdisk and debug. Your all set.
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