re: Format XP, and turn NTFS to FAT32
Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 11:14 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by L Heligas
(4 messages posted)
Well, I tried that, and it doesn't work. All I get is XP saying that the drive doesn't
have a recognized file system. Right-clicking on the drive tells me the drive is
empty (yeah, right) and that it is in RAW format. Somehow, the file system for the
drive has been wiped. I know I should start another post for this, but your response
has been the most helpful so far. Thanks.
On Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at 9:35 pm, Zeb wrote:
>If you can see the data then it wasn't wiped. You may have a different problem,
but,
>since you can see the data, you should be able to retrieve it. XP seems to do some
>strange crap from time to time. If you can access the drive via the drive letter,
>you might try RUN/CMD (from the Start Button.) Then do a XCOPY D:\*.* C:\TEMP\ to
>your primary drive. D: is whatever the drive letter of the fritzed up drive is and
>C: is your primary drive. This assumes you have a TEMP Directory on the C: Drive.
>XCOPY copies directories and files.
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