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HELP!!! WIN2K unable to recognize FS

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Initially I had a single FAT 32 partition on an 80 GB disk with 32 GB of data. Using PQMagic 7, I created a new partition on this same disk of 12 GB on which I would install XP. I am currently running WIN2K. After everything was complete, I booted into Win2K, and only the new 12GB partition was being detected by Windows. I went into PQMagic and it saw the second partition with 32 GB of data, unfortunately this partition was hidden. I unhid it, which allowed Windows to see the partition, but when I tried to access it, Windows prompted me to format the disk. I DIDN'T format it because I have 32 GB of data.

So my assumptions are that when creating a partition, the FS table for this current partition was never created. I CANNOT lose this data. I am currently trying to convert the partition using PQMagic, hoping that all tables and indexes are rebuild. I know that the data still exists because the "shifting data" part of the convert process is taking forever and my disk is continuously busy.

Any ideas on how I can rebuild the FS so that Windows can see it, and so that I can retrieve the data? PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!! Thanks.
 
Well the only think I can think of is to image the entire disk to somewhere else before you proceed with recovery efforts so if things get fubar'ed you have another chance to try again or could go to a professional if neccessary.
 
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