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Help me recover an NT 4.0 Server drive

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Kremlar

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Had an old system running NT 4.0 server with software mirroring between 2 SCSI drives. Something happened - server was rebooted, got a blue screen (didn't have time to see what it said), rebooted, and then failed to boot (can't see OS on drive). Neither drive is bootable. Hook either drive to an XP system and it sees the drives and the 2 partitions, but cannot access the data. Tried a couple of data recovery utilities, and they seem to see the data OK.

Norton Disk Doctor won't even touch it because it can't identify the parition type, and I'm not sure what else to try.

Problem is, I don't want to really pull the data off right now with a recovery utility - I want to repair whatever is wrong on the existing drive.

I don't think it's a hardware failure, but maybe some sort of software corruption.

Is anyone aware of any kind of partition/volume repair utility that they could recommend?

Thanks,
Mike
 
Your best move would be to in fact recover that data onto a reliable medium. And then try fixing it. Any attempts you make at rebuilding/repairing partitions, despite claims from the software manufacturer, can result in data loss and/or corruption. I know I am not answering your question, but from my experience with data recovery, I always salvage what I can and then start toying around...
 
Problem is I'd rather keep everything intact, at least for the time being. I don't think it's a hardaware problem with the drives.

Thanks...
 
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