Novell Data Recovery Software - Recovery of Re-partitioned Volumes by Sunil Chandna
Problem Description Partitions refer to the portions of the hard disk that have their own logical file structure. Re-partitioning means deleting and resizing the current partitions on the disk. Since re-partitioning almost always involves deleting the current partitions, all previously held... Partitioning is usually done in the MS-DOS mode (which is a mandatory partition in a Netware based disk) using the fdisk.exe and the format.com utilities. ... It scans either the Volume Table only (if the linking mode is set to FAT1 or FAT2), or the drive itself (if the linking mode is set to...

Partitioning, Formatting and Reinstalling in Windows 98 by Ashish Jain
Formatting and reinstalling windows 98 is very easy if you have the right know-how. This article will discuss how to format, partition and reinstall windows 98 on your PC. Before going ahead and doing this, it is important to be comfortable with the terms format, partition and file systems. ... The primary partition is your active partition and this is from where your computer boots, sort of like a system partition. ... 14.1.Instead of exiting FDISK, re enter the FDISK options menu and select the option to create Extended DOS partition (Option 1)) and assign it the rest of the space that...

The Most Simplest Way To Unhide A Hidden Partition by Victor Pradel
After my first article on the hidden partition I realized that the solution that I brought was rather difficult for the newbies, I thus sought and tried out various solutions and programs until I find this terrible little software, I named PARTEDIT32. ... Just unzip and launch Partedit32 the user interface opens, simple but effective if you have more than one hard disk, choose the hard disk where your hidden partition is in the Hard Disk menu, then look in your partitions table at the column TYPE , Partedit32 has a list of the various types of partition, you can reach it by clicking the...

Trouble-shooting Hard Drive Problems - Part 2 by Sarah Lake
A common problem with hard drives is the error message "MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM." Typically what this means is that critical data is missing or damaged in two possible locations. The first is the Master Boot Record (MBR). This data area contains error messages and pointer information that... This value should be the same as the value for Number of Sectors in the partition table. ... The Number of Heads is either the same as the value in the MBR or the same as the value of the Number of Heads in the partition table plus one (refer to the first article in the series for more information on...

Trouble-shooting Hard Drive Problems - Part 1 by Sarah Lake
It is extremely important not to make or write any changes to data on the hard drive without first verifying the hard drive configuration. Therefore, the first priority when unable to access information on a hard drive is to verify all of the configuration information dealing with the suspect... Partition Parameter Value or Equation Partition Status Bootable Starting Head 1 Starting Sector 1 Starting Cylinder 0 Partition Type Bigdos (drives greater than 30 MB), otherwise DOS 12 Ending Head Total Number of Heads -1 Ending Sector Sectors per Track displayed in Volume Boot Sector...

Data Loss - The 7 Most Common Symptoms of a Failed Hard Drive by Jason Perry
If your hard drive is clicking or making grinding noises, you are experiencing system blue screens or system freezes, an error message greets you with ‘drive not formatted’ or ‘operating system not found’, or lastly you are in a never ending loop of computer reboots…there is a very good chance... Operating System Not Found An operating system not found message typically means that the operating system files are damaged, the boot device priority has been changed, the partition table is damaged or the hard drive has been formatted.

Hard Drive Data Recovery by Mac McClellan
Hard drive data recovery is the method of recovering data from hard drives when it cannot be accessed in the normal manner. This failure to access the hard drive could be caused by logical damage to the file system or any physical damage that had occurred to the storage device, thereby... Some of the main contexts where hard drive data recovery software could save one from the blues include a formatted drive, deleted file or directory, missing file or directory, drive not booting, inaccessible drive, copying of system locked files like registry hives, damaged or corrupted partition table,...

Moving Data to a New Hard Drive in an Emergency by Bill Nadraszky
Yesterday I had to change my hard drive and had a few issues that I was able to fix. The problems started in the morning when my wife called me and told me that the computer would not boot. We have been having trouble with our hard drive for a while now and I was able to fix each time by just... Rebuild hard drive partition table After I booted to Windows I saw that my old drive was not showing up as a drive or a partition. ... If I reight clicked on the partition in disk Management it knew that the drive existed but could no longer find a partition on it.

Take Control of Your Hard Disk Space by Manoj Shinde
Now a days managing files and folders on PCs seems to be a critical task for network administrators and data storage managers due to huge capacity hard disks and millions of files and folders. This article will help you in two ways 1. Understand the disk space allocation and wastage. ... As mentioned above in the table the cluster size for various partition sizes so that you can make intelligent choices about how to partition your hard disk. ... FAT FAT32 Partition Size Cluster Size Partition Size Cluster Size 128 - 256 MB 4 KB 1 - 8 GB 4 KB 257 - 512 MB 8 KB 8 - 16 GB 8 KB 513...

Novell Data Recovery - Recovery of Formatted Volumes by Sunil Chandna
Problem Description Formatting a volume effectively means erasing it in its entirety. Formatting is usually done to remove sensitive data on a volume, or it may be done to prepare a volume for fresh usage (usually done after corruption), or it may just be the result of plain human error. ... The Contiguous mode is the most intensive, as the software scans the volume itself, as opposed to FAT1 and FAT2 where the software scans only the Volume Table (File Allocation Table (FAT) + the directory tree).