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FAT went bad on a data storage firewire hard drive. How do I access the copy of the FAT to fix the original?
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Zynn D asked:
This Firewire drive is used for data storage of school files and graphics. It doesn’t contain an OS. There is supposed to be a copy of the FAT on HDs for repair purposes. Computer recognises the drive (assigns letter), but It thinks the entire drive is in RAW format instead of FAT32, so when I try to access it, it asks if I want to format it. CHKDSK doesn’t work for RAW. Hooking this drive up to another PC results in the same.
3 Responses to “FAT went bad on a data storage firewire hard drive. How do I access the copy of the FAT to fix the original?”
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October 27th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Try using Knoppix. Download and burn to CD, Then boot your computer up with it. Then transfer all the files over from the firewire drive to a primary drive on your computer….then restart…Format Drive, and restore data.
October 31st, 2009 at 1:13 am
I have the dos ndd, norton disk doctor, it will restore the fat copy , if it in fat 32, you can prgably restore it with fdisk, by using fdisk (drive letter) /mbr
whover made the drive, should have file checking software on their website you can download, that will check and repair things like that
October 31st, 2009 at 4:40 am
^ Great Answer ^ I agree