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March 8, 2002 at 09:44 AM
ganointed1

Need to Reclaim Hidden NTFS Partition

by ganointed1 . Updated 24 years, 4 months ago

Ok here goes: I have a 1.4 CPU w/ 1.3 GB Ram with a multi-boot configuration consisting of: XP (NTFS file system), W2K (NTFS file system), and W98 (FAT file system). The system is configured with a total of 3 physical partitions which contain thesytem files for the above-mentioned Operating Systems. There are 3 logical FAT partitions which contains the clients data for each respective Operating system. Anyway, the client decided he didn’t want the W98 partition anymore so, he utilized Norton Disk Doctor 2002 to fix the partition because he stated it showed the W98 partition as invalid. When the client chose to repartition the drive it merged the other 2 physical partions into one. The three logical partitions still remain intact but he is unable to see the XP, and W2K partitions because they are NTFS partitions. I need to know how to reclaim these partitions for the client. Already tried, Last Known Configuration, and XP startup disk but it still does not show the NTFS partitions. Note that workstation does not boot up to any OS but goes to DOS mode. Unable to execute Safe Mode or Boottext.log (it only loops back to dos screen). Please advise.

Thank you.

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