How to get started?
I have a situation I have never before encountered.
Windows corrupted the MFT on a non-system NTFS IDE disk. So...I would like to recover the files. However, I have plugged this disk into several PCs (secondary controller). Having the disk plugged in causes XP to lock up during boot!!!
So... even though this is not a system disk, merely having it plugged into the machine causes XP boot to fail.
Again, the partition tables are fine, only the MFT on one partition is bad.
I tried putting in an external enclosure w/USB. All of the systems then boot, but Windows behaves badly (locks up erratically) as it automatically tries to mount the partition, over and over.
So... can I use RecoverMyFiles to solve the problem? It seems to me that I either need
1) some way to copy the partition from DOS in such a way that the copy will not cause Windows boot to fail (doubtful, I am thinking)
2) some way to prevent Windows to stop trying to mount the partition so I can use Windows based software such as yours
3) a DOS-based recovery program (I have tried this - the one I have chokes, I am guessing because of the size of the partition - 120 GB).
Thanks!
Jim
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