Re: repairing HDD partition

OK, leave it for a while and see what others that know more
about repairing a partition than I do say about what to do.

cmllpz@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Actually, let me explain better what happened.
>
> I am more of a software person and wanted to stress test an
> application using data from two hard drives. The external USB
> transfers were way too slow, so I just plugged the HD into the mobo.
> Using the same cable o the existing HDD.
>
> My mistake was, as I then realized, that this mobo was an abit with
> RAID conf built-in and the BIOS messed up something in the drive
> itself or the FAT, because it expects for both disks to have the same
> geometry ...
>
> So the second larger drive got somehow corrupted. I saw once someone
> fixing these kinds of problems easily but I don't remember
> exactly/safely what he did.
>
> Again it is an entire disk FAT32 partition
>
> So how do I solve my problem?
>
> Could you at least point me to some realiable/knowledgeable info not
> infomercial ;-) out there?
>
> Thanks
>
> Rod Speed wrote:
>
>> lbrtchx@xxxxxxxxxxx <Albretch Muller> wrote
>>
>>> I have a hard drive which data is not accesible.
>>
>> That can be for a variety of reasons. You need to work out what
>> the reason is before you can get access to the data again.
>>
>>> I had formatted it entirely as a single FAT32 80 Gb partition.
>>
>>> I got the information on its Max Cylinders,
>>> Heads and Sectors from the manufacturer
>>
>>> How do I safely fix it in order to make the BIOS read its
>>> geometry/FAT info and have access to the data in it?
>>
>> Its better to use the settings that were used when you
>> formatted it. That was most likely an AUTO drive type.
>>
>> That sees the bios get the data it needs by querying the drive for
>> that data.
>>
>> Dont write to that drive until you can see the data again.


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