I just used the XP format function to format the drive. The option was set to NTFS so I left it as that. So to answer your question. Im...
Since I no longer need the files on this disk, I tried once again to have windows format this drive as an NTFS drive. This time it worked. I am...
I took a different approach last night. I opened partition one and saw that it listed all the folders that I had on the hdd. I told winhex to...
User.txt was the file that contained my registration code. I renamed it and then named it back again to user.txt and this time no error. I was...
When I Access/partion 1/boot sector template...a box opens that says "invalid file: user.txt Do not proceed. I can either click ok or just...
Seems like my last replly got lost. Anyway, I input all data that you had listed...Starting with OEM MSWIN4.1. Everything was ok except for the...
I input all the data you have listed starting with OEM MSWIN4.1 All seem to go ok until I got down to the last entry: Signature (55 AA) It would...
Ok, Im playing around with it a bit more now and see that if you double click one of the entries in the Template manager window, it will bring up...
Im afraid Im lost again. My earlier note to you #26 did give you the sector number that was at the start of the root directory. I told you that...
ok, Ive got a full version of winhex now. Ready to go for it!! 254CA00. That is the offset of where the data/text seems to start in the root...
This is a new drive. Less than one month old. The files should not be very fragmented at all. I have only used about 20 or so GB of this drive...
I checked again and confirmed that it definitely starts with F0 and not F8 in answer to question 2. There is also data starting at offset 8A00....
Sorry to be so basic but all of this stuff feels like a foreign language to me. Clicking on Access and then Boot sector ( there is no boot sector...
I think winhex must be mistaken. This drive came already formatted as FAT 32 right out of the box. I did not change this. I would gladly pay 51...
I just discovered something. I have a mini 256MB usb flash drive that I use easily transfer spreadsheets or data from one pc to another. It was...
In looking at my previous post, I see that for some reason all my spaces were removed from my table. I made the table to look just like it did on...
I cannot change it to an internal drive because it is a usb drive and only has a usb connection on it. Good idea though. Topfarmer...here is...
No joy with any of these, Abraxis. none of the programs were able to see the missing drive. Thats' strange when you think about it since even XP...
re: lost partition Oops! My bad. My second drive with nothing on it is currently called D.....which is what is was called before I started all...
re: data recovery I do have XP loaded on the drive I wish it to be on. It's just being called drive E by the system instead of local disk C. So...
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