Partition Merge *failed* HELP!!!

[ianbergman]

Hey guys, I think I'm doomed, but just in case I'm hoping one of you brilliant people has a solution

So, I was trying to merge a 120GB partition into my 40GB C: drive with PartitionMagic 7.0, when boom, power failure. This was about 12 hours in - I think it was nearing completion but I'm not sure.

Now, the drive (actually a 4x40GB RAID array on a Promise Fastrack100 card) is dead; it thinks it has two corrupt partitions, one about 152GB, one about 107GB. Needless to say, Windows XP Pro won't boot - the computer can't even find a boot record. I used PartitionMagic's nifty "partinfo" tool to get as much info as possible; i'll paste that in below my description.

I'd really, really like to get the data on the machine back; there was about 100GB of unedited family video that isn't backed up (yeah, i'm a fool, but such is life). Does anyone have any ideas at all? Partition Magic believes we now have two overlapping partitions, (PM error #113), and I'm not quite sure how to fix it. So, if anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE post here or email me (ianbergman@hotmail.com).

Thanks. Here's the promised partition info:
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Partition Information Program
Aug 09 2001 - DOS32 Version
Copyright (c) 1994-2001, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.
PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm) and DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at
Voice: 801-226-6834 Web site: http://support.powerquest.com
BiosExtensions: 0x2100 Subsets (0x00000001): Access
EGeo 0x0000 19462 255 63 312657030 0 512

============================================================================
Disk 0: 19462 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track.
BiosExtensions: 0x2100 Subsets (0x00000001): Access
The BIOS supports INT 13h extensions for this drive.
============================ Partition Tables ==============================
Partition -----Begin---- ------End----- Start Num
Sector # Boot Cyl Head Sect FS Cyl Head Sect Sect Sects
---------- - ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ---- ---- ---- ---------- ----------
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 [1023 254 63] 63 312656967 [Large Drive Placeholders]
0 1 1 19461 254 63 Actual Values
0 1 00 [1023 0 1] 07 [1023 254 63] 92164905 220492125 [Large Drive Placeholders]
5737 0 1 19461 254 63 Actual Values
BiosExtensions: 0x3000 Subsets (0x00000005): Access EDD
EGeo 0x0001 16383 16 63 120060864 0 512

============================================================================
Disk 1: 7473 Cylinders, 255 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track.
BiosExtensions: 0x3000 Subsets (0x00000005): Access EDD
The BIOS supports INT 13h extensions for this drive.
============================ Partition Tables ==============================
Partition -----Begin---- ------End----- Start Num
Sector # Boot Cyl Head Sect FS Cyl Head Sect Sect Sects
---------- - ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ---- ---- ---- ---------- ----------
0 0 00 0 1 1 07 [1023 254 63] 63 120053682 [Large Drive Placeholders]
0 1 1 7472 254 63 Actual Values


==================================================================================
Disk 0: 152664.6 Megabytes
============================= Partition Information ==============================
Volume Partition Partition Start Total
Letter:Label Type Status Size MB Sector # Sector Sectors
------------- --------------- -------- -------- ---------- - ---------- ----------
NTFS Pri,Boot 152664.5 0 0 63 312656967
QNX, UN*X Pri 107662.2 0 1 92164905 220492125


==================================================================================
Disk 1: 58619.10 Megabytes
============================= Partition Information ==============================
Volume Partition Partition Start Total
Letter:Label Type Status Size MB Sector # Sector Sectors
------------- --------------- -------- -------- ---------- - ---------- ----------
NTFS Pri 58619.10 0 0 63 120053682



========================================================================
Boot Sector for drive *: Drive 1, Starting Sector: 63, Type: NTFS
========================================================================
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes Per Sector: 512
4. Sectors Per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FAT's: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0 (0x0)
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors Per FAT: 0
11. Sectors Per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 92164905 (0x57E5329)
14. Big Total Sectors: 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80 00 80 00
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 220492124 (0xD24715C)
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432 (0xC0000)
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 13780757 (0xD24715)
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x365080AA50807283
22. Checksum: 0x00000000
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55


========================================================================
Boot Sector for drive *: Drive 2, Starting Sector: 63, Type: NTFS
========================================================================
1. Jump: EB 52 90

2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes Per Sector: 512
4. Sectors Per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FAT's: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0 (0x0)
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors Per FAT: 0
11. Sectors Per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Big Total Sectors: 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80 00 80 00
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 120053681 (0x727DFB1)
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432 (0xC0000)
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 7503355 (0x727DFB)
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0xB06A4C356A4BF69E
22. Checksum: 0x00000000
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

 

[stockjock]

I can't help you with your problem...but I just had a problem with that Partition Magic as well. I called their tech support and they were very helpful and got me up and running again. You did make the emergency startup disk....didn't you???

 

[ianbergman]

Yes, I have emergency boot disk - that's where i got the posted info. I sent 'em an email, but i'll give them a call as well.

 

[ringl0rd]

Nasty, I only have pqmagic 5 or 6 and it doesn't have the features to do a repair job like that. Unless 7 has some menu labeled miracle I think your lost. Now partition things have screwed up on me before and older versions of Norton disk doctor for dos have saved my life. But then again I wasn't moving or megeing raw data together.