Anyone know how to restore the MBR of a hdd?
My hdd seems to have died, i tried putting it into a USB adaptor to plugin and it says the file format is "raw" and it needs to be formatted. I think it has something to do with the fact that i deactivated it to run chkdsk but i cant seem to reactivate it. If i plug it in with my other two SATA drives winxp doesnt seem to let me load up.
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When you say it died, are you sure it's the MBR? Either way ^^^ that should help you recover the files.
Option two is plugging the USB controller into a LINUX or BSD machine, and seeing what it says. KNOPPIX is pretty good about seeing the files, and the burner controller works with everything current. It won't fix, but you might be able to save your data. No promises, but I've had some luck this way.
A cable connecting the drive to the rest of the computer may be damaged or the master boot record on the drive coul be damaged. Hell I have no idea what I could do from here.
good luck man.
I believe the commabd is /fixmbr
/help will give you a lsit of commadns though, try that.
Make sure you boot to the disc, that option is in BIOS.
btw: no