I think partition magic just killed my drive :(

[kmac1914]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: aphex
OK OK, i NEED HELP!?!!??!

While reinstalling XP, i got this error when it started to install Start Menu items...

"copy error, cannot find IEXLPORE.EX_"

It let me browse my drive to find it, and what do ya know, EVERYTHING is still there....

At this point, what can i do to rescue everything?

Dude...jsut use another drive, load windows, mount this other drive, and proceed to get the crap off of there using Getdataback.

Hmmm, may have to buy a new drive...

Drive having the trouble is a 250gb, all i got in the closet is a 10gb and a 6gb

I definitely feel your pain on that...i divided my 250gb drive into 2 even partitions, and now the FAT table (i think) on one is screwed. I can see the data using 3rd party programs, but when i click on the screwed partition, windows asks me if i need to format. I'm just waiting to buy a new drive to copy the data over.

 

[aphex]

ok, all is well...

popped the 250gb into my rosewill external enclosure and im currently backing up all the stuff i missed before onto my laptop

 

[Vic]

If it's any consolation, my 200GB Maxtor main drive started clicking and acting funny yesterday (actually blue-screened and disappeared from the BIOS on the following reboot, then came back after a brief shutdown... tense moment). It did the "clicke of death" a few times and hung once again today, so I ran out and bought a new drive (the warm 250GB WD deal from OM), and am currently copying the entire drive over with PM while posting from the GF's rig. All the important data is backed up, but I didn't want to take any chances or deal with downtime and reinstalling. No errors yet, almost done, wish me luck. The Maxtor drive is a whopping 3 months out of warranty.

Good luck with your situation. I recommend running out and buying a new drive and following Goosemaster's advice.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
back as a freshman in college my prof always tried to convince us that "it is never the fault of the software, only the fault of the user doing something they aren't supposed to that causes problems"

...i never beleived her but just saying

Too bad she didn't have a job as an system administrator... She would have learned pretty quickly that buggy software has a bad habit of self-destructing on occassion.

Of course, it's still the user's fault about 90% of the time, but never underestimate the flakyness of a brand new version 1.0 software product

 

[RagingBITCH]

Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

I was getting prepared for turning this into an external drive anyway, no longer had a need to have XP on its own partition.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

I was getting prepared for turning this into an external drive anyway, no longer had a need to have XP on its own partition.

Back up everything else, nuke the whole thing, copy it back over.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

I was getting prepared for turning this into an external drive anyway, no longer had a need to have XP on its own partition.

Back up everything else, nuke the whole thing, copy it back over.

Im about 90% done

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

I was getting prepared for turning this into an external drive anyway, no longer had a need to have XP on its own partition.

Back up everything else, nuke the whole thing, copy it back over.

Im about 90% done

I hope you didn't pay for PM.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
Um, its common knowledge/sense that there's a high risk of crap happening when you do stuff like that. Should have just mounted your D: as a folder in C: if you wanted extra space on C:. I don't see why people like having one big mega partition anyway.

I was getting prepared for turning this into an external drive anyway, no longer had a need to have XP on its own partition.

Back up everything else, nuke the whole thing, copy it back over.

Im about 90% done

I hope you didn't pay for PM.

Nope, got it for free when i was working at CC.... Along with about 20 other norton products...

On another note, where does outlook keep its inbox?

 

[aphex]

anybody anybody?

 

[tami]

do a search for a specific string that is in the inbox. it's usually in some microsoft folder like this: {827327AWR-HQ7422742}

 

[aphex]

i found an outlook.pst that is over 100mb in C:\Documents and Settings\Josh\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook

Is that it?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Yep.

 

[JetBlack69]

This is why it is known as Partition Tragic.

Actually, I had success with PM9.0

 

[aphex]

thanks, this one can die.... oh yea, DONT USE PM8

 

[keldysh]

That why it more properly calls to PARTITION TRAGIC.

Use this POS softwares and experience tragedy for yourselves! Warn others about this detritus codestuff too!