Originally posted by Auto-X Fil:
There's no way the HDD data really went from one format to another. It's probably something like the MBR. Make a DOS boot disk and run fdisk /mbr. It's an undocumented command that restores the MBR, and it's worked for me many times.



so if the actual data never changed format, which it sounds like is the case, then this might help. I don't think it could hurt - the only thing you could mess up if you erased the MBR would be a boot loader or something, like if he had multiple OSes, right? and if it's a storage drive, that shouldn't be the case.

i'd say rewriting the MBR sounds like the best bet, then. ( but hell I'm mostly guessing )

now officially a troll, i guess. used to have a black 96 SE, until it broke down one too many times. now I'm hunting for a motorycle.