HELP, lost my WORK: partition "not a dos disk"

paul773car · 21 June 2010, 23:16

Hi All I got a new 1200 tower earlier in the week, all been working fine but then I switched her on earlier and my Work: partition comes up as WORK:NDOS and I get system error "not a dos disk". I'm running disksalv now but any ideas as to what else I can do?

Thanks

Paul

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul773car

Hi All I got a new 1200 tower earlier in the week, all been working fine but then I switched her on earlier and my Work: partition comes up as WORK:NDOS and I get system error "not a dos disk". I'm running disksalv now but any ideas as to what else I can do?

Thanks

Paul

Disksalv isnt doing it for me!, i somehow need to validate the partition.

Thanks

Paul

Peter · 22 June 2010, 00:15

You could try Ami-back tools... but wait to see what some of the other guys suggest on here first....

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 00:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter

You could try Ami-back tools... but wait to see what some of the other guys suggest on here first....

All sorted, well in a manner of speaking. I formatted the partition and i'm now in the process of reinstalling all my programs.

Well at least i have the directory back and at least it wasnt the workbench partition or my WHDLOAD games folder

Paul

rkauer · 22 June 2010, 04:01

A magic word: BACKUP!

zipper · 22 June 2010, 06:00

Quick format and some undelete program may salvage the most of it into another partition - but disksalv should work too. My cure always was backups as I noticed how long it takes to rescue via disksalv - probably 10 x of backup time.

thomas · 22 June 2010, 07:08

How big is the harddrive? If it is bigger than 4GB, this might happen again soon. And even worse you might already have done corruption to your WHDLoad or Workbench partitions without notice.

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 11:14

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Originally Posted by thomas

How big is the harddrive? If it is bigger than 4GB, this might happen again soon. And even worse you might already have done corruption to your WHDLoad or Workbench partitions without notice.

You guys can even predict the future

The WHDLOAD and Workbench partitions arent even showing on boot up now. I have a Ram: icon and nothing else

The timer appears as if its trying to load but never goes away. I might throw the old hard drive and start again though reading through the installation instructions for Classic Workbench for real amigas I think I'm a bit out of my depth.

Any help gratefully accepted and if its unfixable do any of you guys with more knowledge than me fancy setting up a Hard drive for me? Obviously I'll pay for the drive and your time.

Thanks all.

Paul

cosmicfrog · 22 June 2010, 11:24

as long as you do as thomas suggests for the time being, that is keep every thing below 4gig you be all right. once you get that working then you can see about getting more space partioned up

out of intrest how big is the HDD ??

fitzsteve · 22 June 2010, 11:34

@Paul,

If you get stuck, you can post your HDD to me (I'm only in Kent) and I'll set it up for you with a Classic Workbench and then send it back.

You'll only need to cover the Post back.

But as Cosmicfrog says just make sure you stay within the first 4gb of the drive. I'm still trying to get my head around the large disk support but for me 4gb is enough so I've not ventured past yet.

My 40gb Laptop drive is setup somthing like this:

500mb (Workbench)
1200mb (Work)
1700mb (Games)

I've only filled 50% of each partition and have around 700 WHDLoad games on the Games partition, plenty for me lol...

Good luck.

Steve.

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 11:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

as long as you do as thomas suggests for the time being, that is keep every thing below 4gig you be all right. once you get that working then you can see about getting more space partioned up

out of intrest how big is the HDD ??

Its only 6Gb,

Do I need to start again? or is there any way to recover my files?

I really need more space than 4gb, by the time I put the WHDLOAD games and demos etc on the drive plus my music samples I'm running out of space.

Paul

fitzsteve · 22 June 2010, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul773car

Its only 6Gb,

Do I need to start again? or is there any way to recover my files?

You've probably overwritten some of the files, you may be able to get some back but if you have backups I'd suggest starting again from scratch.

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul773car

I really need more space than 4gb, by the time I put the WHDLOAD games and demos etc on the drive plus my music samples I'm running out of space.

Paul

If you want to use the whole 6gb then you're going to need to get your head round this:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=32256

As I say I've not ventured that way so my offer of help is not going to be of any use to you.

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 11:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

You've probably overwritten some of the files, you may be able to get some back but if you have backups I'd suggest starting again from scratch.

If you want to use the whole 6gb then you're going to need to get your head round this:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=32256

As I say I've not ventured that way so my offer of help is not going to be of any use to you.

Hi Steve, to be honest it may as well be written in another language, Would you mind setting me up a 4Gb classic workbench? The drive I have is a full size PC drive is that OK? Should I get a new drive given I appear to be having problems with data loss on this one?

Thanks

Paul

fitzsteve · 22 June 2010, 12:06

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Originally Posted by paul773car

Hi Steve, to be honest it may as well be written in another language, Would you mind setting me up a 4Gb classic workbench? The drive I have is a full size PC drive is that OK? Should I get a new drive given I appear to be having problems with data loss on this one?

Thanks

Paul

The data loss is probably due to work outside the 4gb limit overwriting that inside. But with that said I've had a couple of smaller drives (4gb and 2.5gb) fail recently, I guess they were getting to the end of their useful life.

In the long term a newer drive may be of benefit.

The only snag here is I don't have a spare IDE in my PC for a full size PC drive, I'm using a 2.5in IDE-USB converted to do the work. If you've got a 3.5in-USB converter you can send with the drive I can do it for you, or if you have a 2.5in laptop drive then I can help.

Steve.

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 12:13

Hi Steve, I have an old laptop I can remove the drive from. So will send you that if thats ok.

Can you PM me your address

Thanks

Paul

fitzsteve · 22 June 2010, 12:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul773car

Hi Steve, I have an old laptop I can remove the drive from. So will send you that if thats ok.

Can you PM me your address

Thanks

Paul

PM on the way Paul

Steve.

paul773car · 22 June 2010, 12:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by fitzsteve

PM on the way Paul

Steve.

Thanks Steve much appreciated

Paul

fitzsteve · 22 June 2010, 12:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by paul773car

Thanks Steve much appreciated

Paul

No problem, I hope this helps & gets you fully up and running

cosmicfrog · 22 June 2010, 12:31

ahh the simple solution tech support via post

Schoenfeld · 23 June 2010, 19:15

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Originally Posted by cosmicfrog

ahh the simple solution tech support via post

To be more precise: This is data transfer per post. Care to calculate the data rate? Does this qualify as broadband :-)?

Jens

21 June 2010, 23:16	#1
paul773car RAC377LAUP Join Date: May 2009 Location: Billericay UK Age: 49 Posts: 120	HELP, lost my WORK: partition "not a dos disk" Hi All I got a new 1200 tower earlier in the week, all been working fine but then I switched her on earlier and my Work: partition comes up as WORK:NDOS and I get system error "not a dos disk". I'm running disksalv now but any ideas as to what else I can do? Thanks Paul

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fitzsteve Professional slacker! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Kent, UK Age: 44 Posts: 6,683	@Paul, If you get stuck, you can post your HDD to me (I'm only in Kent) and I'll set it up for you with a Classic Workbench and then send it back. You'll only need to cover the Post back. But as Cosmicfrog says just make sure you stay within the first 4gb of the drive. I'm still trying to get my head around the large disk support but for me 4gb is enough so I've not ventured past yet. My 40gb Laptop drive is setup somthing like this: 500mb (Workbench) 1200mb (Work) 1700mb (Games) I've only filled 50% of each partition and have around 700 WHDLoad games on the Games partition, plenty for me lol... Good luck. Steve.

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