'GeDataBack' from Runtime Software is the only data recovery program I have found that actually works within a reasonable length of time. RE: WinXP 'fixboot' deletes partition table Guest (visitor) 13 Sep 02 10:03 IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE THAT CAN REBUILD THE FAT AND RECOVER THE DATA IN MY PARTITION ?

Only the FAT has been overwritten by 'fixboot'. The data is still there !! I am sure of it. The size of this partition was being shown as 10MB in my friend's Win98 system. 'fixboot' had overwritten my boot sector and FAT and also converted it to FAT12 (saw this in 'fdisk'). I then executed 'DISKPART' and saw that it showed my 10GB partition but showed the free space as 10MB only. I typed 'dir' and I was shocked !!! It said '0 files found.' All my data was gone. I again booted with my WinXP CD and went to the Recovery Console.

After that I booted my system again and this time the computer got past the POST screen but it said 'NTLDR missing.' I was puzzled. It then asked whether to write a new boot sector or not. I then executed the command 'fixboot c:' and it said that my partition had a corrupt boot sector. I inserted my WinXP CD and booted from it and entered the Recovery Console. Just after the POST screen the system rebooted and on and on. As I was working on it suddenly the computer blacked out and reebooted. I had a 10GB partition with WinXP Pro running on it.

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