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I was workning on my computer yesterday, downloading some
file from the internet to a secondary hard drive formated
NTFS.

Windows update infomed me that their were new critical
updates to install and I allowed it to install the updates
(i did not check to see which updates it installed).

When the computer rebooted after the update my secondary
hard drive now is unreadable and chkdsk says the file
format is RAW.

Has anyone had this problem before and is there a way,
other than formating the drive, to restore the file system
to NTFS?

Does anyone know why this might have happened?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt Brown

Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
  Actual values are:
        0  0  00      0    1    1  07   4864  254   63        63  78156162
Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
  ucEndCylinder (4864) must be less than 4111.

Mabey this can help someone help me.

Thanks,
Matt Brown

Quote:> Hello,

> I was workning on my computer yesterday, downloading some
> file from the internet to a secondary hard drive formated
> NTFS.

> Windows update infomed me that their were new critical
> updates to install and I allowed it to install the updates
> (i did not check to see which updates it installed).

> When the computer rebooted after the update my secondary
> hard drive now is unreadable and chkdsk says the file
> format is RAW.

> Has anyone had this problem before and is there a way,
> other than formating the drive, to restore the file system
> to NTFS?

> Does anyone know why this might have happened?

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Matt Brown

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Matt

PowerQuest PartitionInfo 2.0 -- Windows NT Version
Date Generated:  04/18/03  12:24:24
Copyright (c)1994-1999, 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:  801-437-8900
    Fax:  801-226-8941
    Web site:  http://support.powerquest.com/support.html

General System Information:
    Total Physical Memory (bytes):  1,073,184,768
    Used Physical Memory: (bytes):  265,994,240
    Maximum Page File Size: (bytes):  1,106,206,720
    Current Page File Size: (bytes):  173,572,096

============================================================================
===============================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1:    1245 Cylinders,  255 Heads,  63
Sectors/Track
System              PartSect  # Boot BCyl Head Sect  FS    ECyl Head Sect
StartSect     NumSects
============================================================================
===============================
                           0  0  80     0    1    1  07    1023  254   63
63   19,984,797
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
  Actual values are:
        0  0  80      0    1    1  07   1243  254   63        63  19984797

============================================================================
===============================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2:    4111 Cylinders,  255 Heads,  63
Sectors/Track
System              PartSect  # Boot BCyl Head Sect  FS    ECyl Head Sect
StartSect     NumSects
============================================================================
===============================
                           0  0  00     0    1    1  07    1023  254   63
63   78,156,162
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
  Actual values are:
        0  0  00      0    1    1  07   4864  254   63        63  78156162
Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
  ucEndCylinder (4864) must be less than 4111.

============================================================================
===============================
Partition Information for Disk 1:    9,766.1 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect
TotalSects   UsedSects   FreeSects
============================================================================
===============================
C:             NTFS        Pri,Boot  9,758.2           0  0          63
19,984,797  19,984,797           0
               Free Space  Pri           7.8        None --  19,984,860
16,065           0      16,065

============================================================================
===============================
Partition Information for Disk 2:    32,247.7 Megabytes
Volume         PartType    Status    Size MB    PartSect  #   StartSect
TotalSects   UsedSects   FreeSects
============================================================================
===============================
D:             QNX, UN*X   Pri      38,162.2           0  0          63
78,156,162           0  78,156,162

============================================================================
===============================
Boot Record for drive C:   (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 FATs:         0
 7. Root Dir Entries:       0
 8. Total Sectors:          0
 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. Total Sectors (>32MB):  0  (0x0)
15. Unused:                 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors:     19984796
17. MFT Start Cluster:      4
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 1249049
19. Clusters per FRS:       246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number:          0xEA9833279832F1A5
22. Checksum:               0  (0x0)
23. Boot Signature:         0xAA55