grittyminder
IS-IT--Management
A while back I was trying to copy a large set of files from an NTFS formatted external disk drive to a personal server. The server froze and in doing so messed up the external disk NTFS partition (I know that there is nothing wrong with the physical disk itself because I ran a diagnostic on it).
So I want to run some Windows recovery tools on the disk (e.g. chkdsk, fixboot, etc.). However, the only problem is... I don't know how to get to the point where I can actually run these tools on the disk itself. For example, when I run the Windows recovery CD, the recovery program/tools do not recognize that the external drive exists (i.e. there is no drive letter automatically assigned to external disk, presumably because the NTFS headers are corrupted). Or, more specifically, I don't know how to make it so that the recovery program/tools are able to recognize that the disk exists (e.g. forcibly 'mount' the disk, or something like that).
Has anyone else been in this situation before? It can't be all that uncommon. Does anybody have any tips or useful information?
So I want to run some Windows recovery tools on the disk (e.g. chkdsk, fixboot, etc.). However, the only problem is... I don't know how to get to the point where I can actually run these tools on the disk itself. For example, when I run the Windows recovery CD, the recovery program/tools do not recognize that the external drive exists (i.e. there is no drive letter automatically assigned to external disk, presumably because the NTFS headers are corrupted). Or, more specifically, I don't know how to make it so that the recovery program/tools are able to recognize that the disk exists (e.g. forcibly 'mount' the disk, or something like that).
Has anyone else been in this situation before? It can't be all that uncommon. Does anybody have any tips or useful information?