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by jaezmuzik

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i have a 13gig hard drive i used partion magic 6.0 to create a new partition, i made a mistake and click on primary instead of logical when it asked what type. I'm running win98SE, now i have two primary partitions, there is one that is hidden it has alot of data that i would keep. i attempted to reverse task but then came up with the error "enter commmand interpreter" i checked with a few sites on the error even technet, didnt work, and it also erased the drive labels i can't get in to it but i can see it thru partion magic 6.0. I had to delete the latest partition, make a new one just to get on the internet.HELP NEEDED!

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by todd kimbrell

Would you try this?
a. Make sure to use the tree command in dos to print out a map of the drive volume.
1. install a second hard drive and make it the master. BEG BORROW OR STEAL, 20GIG Drives are cheap.
2. use a windows 98 boot disk to boot thesystem up in DOS.
3. FDISK and Format the drive.
4. copy the data files that you wish to keep on the primary.
5. when you are satisfied with the data you have backed up, make the 13Gb drive the master, use the boot disk to discover your 98SE CD and fdisk and format the 13Gig drive and re-install your OS and applications, bring over the data from the secondary drive.

I have done this more than once, and it is the only real way I know how to resolve this issue.

Best of luck

by richarda

did you try using the power quest recovery disks?
Also there is a wonderful prograsm from way back in the day called fx. It is a dos based file transfer utility. You can move your data to the other patition than reformat the first partion install your os then using partiton magic merge the partitions.

by news

Hello, sounds to me that your partitian is Hidden. i would say get into partitian magic and unhide the partitian. since u have done a new patitian, u might need to instal patitian magic on the one your using now and see how you go. good luck.

by webmastered

I recently had a client format their hard drive and then install Win2k. He thought all data was lost. I found a data recovery program Get Data Back www.runtime.org for $70.00 I was able to recover all his data and keep the OS in place.

by dustman

Try booting with a good DOS boot disk. Run FDisk, you should be able to set the partition you had your data on as the Active partition. Exit FDisk, remove the floppy and reboot.

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