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  • Windows NT4.0 HDD no partitions

    From Mantas@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 25 16:07:44 2020
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-nt4

    Hi,

    I received a Pentium Pro server with Win NT 4.0 installed. It had a password and 2 IDE hard disks, one was disconnected.
    I made a mistake connecting one hard drive to Windows XP machine. I could
    see all the files, but something happened and now neither the server nor Windows XP machines can see the partitions on the disk.

    How can I restore it?

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  • From Mike Garcia@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 30 03:40:01 2021
    XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-nt4

    In article <ragfuv$vbk$1@gioia.aioe.org>, mantas@universe-trinti.lt
    says...

    Hi,

    I received a Pentium Pro server with Win NT 4.0 installed. It had a password and 2 IDE hard disks, one was disconnected.
    I made a mistake connecting one hard drive to Windows XP machine. I could
    see all the files, but something happened and now neither the server nor Windows XP machines can see the partitions on the disk.

    How can I restore it?


    I would use a Linux boot disc or USB drive, make an image of them use
    fdisk or gparted, make sure the first partition is bootable.

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  • From Mantas@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 3 12:37:16 2021
    There are no USB ports.
    I tried Hirens Boot CD, but many of the programs were not working - not
    enough RAM.
    Also, there are 2 IDE hard disks, but nothing sees them (BIOS does, but when booting from DOS or similar floppy there are no HDDs visible). Maybe because WinNT uses different file system?

    "Mike Garcia" <mike@mgarcia.nospam> wrote in message news:MPG.3af57e6021780713989680@news.eternal-september.org...
    In article <ragfuv$vbk$1@gioia.aioe.org>, mantas@universe-trinti.lt
    says...

    Hi,

    I received a Pentium Pro server with Win NT 4.0 installed. It had a
    password
    and 2 IDE hard disks, one was disconnected.
    I made a mistake connecting one hard drive to Windows XP machine. I could
    see all the files, but something happened and now neither the server nor
    Windows XP machines can see the partitions on the disk.

    How can I restore it?


    I would use a Linux boot disc or USB drive, make an image of them use
    fdisk or gparted, make sure the first partition is bootable.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Mantas on Mon May 3 10:54:11 2021
    Mantas wrote:

    there are 2 IDE hard disks, but nothing sees them (BIOS does, but when booting from DOS or similar floppy there are no HDDs visible). Maybe because WinNT uses different file system?

    DOS won't see contents of NTFS partitions, but does FDISK see the IDE
    discs? Not suggesting you edit the partitions, just see if they are
    visible for a start.

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