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Patrick Figueroa
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Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:49 pm Post subject:
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I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both NTFS). I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a scandisk on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they cannot be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over 120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files. Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick. |
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NoNoBadDog!
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:31 pm Post subject:
Re: NTFS File Recovery |
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Did you initialize the disk through the disk management console?
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAD45BC.783%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
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I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard
drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both NTFS). I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a scandisk on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they cannot be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now
wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over 120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I
guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files.
Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick.
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Patrick Figueroa
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Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:53 pm Post subject:
Re: NTFS File Recovery |
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What do you mean by initialize? I think I'm misunderstanding you. From past
experiences "initialize" means "format" to me... I certainly don't want to
do that. I'm familiar with the disk management tool, what does this option
do? Thanks much.
Patrick.
On 4/23/04 4:31 AM, in article #9rLV1QKEHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Did you initialize the disk through the disk management console?
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAD45BC.783%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard
drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both NTFS). I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a scandisk on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they cannot be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now
wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over 120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I
guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files.
Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick.
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NoNoBadDog!
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 1:32 am Post subject:
Re: NTFS File Recovery |
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No, Initialize is not formatting the disk. The OS may not have access to
the disk until you initialize it.
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAE97FD.985%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
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What do you mean by initialize? I think I'm misunderstanding you. From
past
experiences "initialize" means "format" to me... I certainly don't want to
do that. I'm familiar with the disk management tool, what does this option
do? Thanks much.
Patrick.
On 4/23/04 4:31 AM, in article #9rLV1QKEHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
Did you initialize the disk through the disk management console?
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAD45BC.783%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard
drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both NTFS).
I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a scandisk
on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse
through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they cannot
be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now
wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over
120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I
guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files.
Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick.
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Al Dykes
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 1:36 am Post subject:
Re: NTFS File Recovery |
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In article <ulPD2pXKEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
NoNoBadDog! <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
| Quote: | No, Initialize is not formatting the disk. The OS may not have access to
the disk until you initialize it.
Bobby
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Please give us an example of how to initilize a disk. In which
OS ?
| Quote: | "Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAE97FD.985%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
What do you mean by initialize? I think I'm misunderstanding you. From
past
experiences "initialize" means "format" to me... I certainly don't want to
do that. I'm familiar with the disk management tool, what does this option
do? Thanks much.
Patrick.
On 4/23/04 4:31 AM, in article #9rLV1QKEHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
Did you initialize the disk through the disk management console?
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAD45BC.783%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard
drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both NTFS).
I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a scandisk
on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse
through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they cannot
be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now
wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over
120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I
guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files.
Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick.
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NoNoBadDog!
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Sat Apr 24, 2004 1:45 am Post subject:
Re: NTFS File Recovery |
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Windows XP
Start > All Programs > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk
Management > Select drive > Initialize Disk.
Option will only appear on a disk that has not been initialized.
Bobby
"Al Dykes" <adykes@panix.com> wrote in message
news:c6c294$bna$1@panix3.panix.com...
| Quote: | In article <ulPD2pXKEHA.620@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
NoNoBadDog! <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
No, Initialize is not formatting the disk. The OS may not have access to
the disk until you initialize it.
Bobby
Please give us an example of how to initilize a disk. In which
OS ?
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAE97FD.985%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
What do you mean by initialize? I think I'm misunderstanding you. From
past
experiences "initialize" means "format" to me... I certainly don't want
to
do that. I'm familiar with the disk management tool, what does this
option
do? Thanks much.
Patrick.
On 4/23/04 4:31 AM, in article #9rLV1QKEHA.1144@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl,
"NoNoBadDog!" <nospam_bjsledge@pixi.com> wrote:
Did you initialize the disk through the disk management console?
Bobby
"Patrick Figueroa" <patrick.figueroa@tequila.com> wrote in message
news:BCAD45BC.783%patrick.figueroa@tequila.com...
I have a system running windows XP sp1. This system has multiple hard
drives
the OS drive is 40gb and I have another drive that is 200gb (both
NTFS).
I
recently reformatted the OS drive and reinstalled XP. The OS installs
fine... but after reboot it looks at my 200gb drive and runs a
scandisk
on
it. It fixes a number of "errors" on many files. Now when I browse
through
this drive the files are still there with correct size, but they
cannot
be
opened, executed, or played with their respective applications. I now
wonder
if this has something to do with XP having problems with drives over
120gb
pre-sp1. This scandisk was done before I was able to install sp1 so I
guess
it moved the indexes of the files around or something. I hope I'm
being
clear enough and please let me know if I need to explain a bit more.
Essentially I want to know if there is a way to recover these files.
Thanks
so much for any help.
Patrick.
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Al Dykes
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adykes at p a n i x . c o m
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