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by byteside

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I wrote about boot prob earlier "disk I/O error. I can see the HD in the BIOS. At the a:\ prompt I type in c:\dir and get file allocation table bad. Type in d:\dir and get 15 files and o directories. D:\ is not reading from a c.d. Could that bethe HD letter. If so why so few files, no windows. Tryed a:\sys c: and get file allocation table bad. Tryed a:\sys d: and get no system found.

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by byteside

I got the recovery cd to finaly work. try to do a recovery and error failed to find ATTRIB.DAT in LST continue yes or no. I say yes and eventualy come right back to file alocation table is bad.

by oz_media

I think this points a corrupted FAT32 partition. If you are willing to restore and loose all info (probably best at this point)when in DOS, just format the C: drive (if possible).

Format c:\ or c:\format
If youi still have probelms, clear the directory first 'del c:\*.*' then retry format.

NOTE: This will erase your C drive (hopefully) then try to reformat. After reformat, your restore disk should be OK.
Good luck
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by fred07

You mention no rescue disks so I will have to believe you have no antivirus program and you have a virus that has corrupted you files. Full format and lose all info and reinstall OS and get an antivirus program and make a rescue set. I always preferNorton by Symantec for anti virus and their rescue disk set.

by fred07

DO FIRST from your startup disk type in
scandisk c: and hope it may repair your c drive.

by pesk, mbcs, mcse, mcitp, sts

The easiest way to recover from a bad FAT is by starting from a ERD (Emergency Rescue Disk), or boot-disk, and run the following command;

[ scandisk.exe /all /autofix /nosave /nosummary /surface ]

Meaning?
/all Scan all local drives
/autofix Fix faults automatically
/nosave Delete lost clusters
/nosummary Do not display error info on each error
/surface Scan disk surface for physical damage

Scandisk.exe is built into the DOS part of Windows and WILL fix the File Allocation Table. It might tak a long time, but let it do it's thing. Failing this, performa re-install of Windows and this will write a new FAT.

by pesk, mbcs, mcse, mcitp, sts

Try this before re-formatting your HDD. It just might save your data. Remember to include the spaces above. If you don't have a boot disk, start in DOS mode (press F8 on boot) and run it from there.

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