i have a seagate baracuda 80GBs and now...when it starts, chkdsk runs before the windows could start and it says CORRUPT MASTER FILE TABLE!!! and the chkdsk aborts! what does this mean?Distorted:

It means you need to either fix the MBR USING the Windows recovery console on the Windows XP CD, or REFORMAT the hard drive using the Windows XP CD.

Do you have the Windows XP CD and would you like to try one of these options?

Doc

well i do have windows cds alotta cds but this is a dump drive, its a backup drive, not my BOOT drive, i have a WD 7.5GBs boot drive with OS and softwares installed, this is a backup drive with one single partition chunk of 74.2GBs and its all my personal data!!! how i can fix its MBR then?What operating system is this system running? Is it Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, or some other?i have windows xp with sp 2!
i have tried diagnosting the hard drive with the online tool from seagate's website but the test just doesnt recognizes the drive, when i tried running chkdsk from acronis disk director suite it says the same CORRUPT MASTER FILE TABLE!!! what should i do?So it is formatted with NTFS?yeah it is formatted as NTFS! i just used HIREN's boot cd and rebuilt the partition table, but the parition is lost but i can recover the files from get data BACK NTFS!!!! anyother tips please?Simply use a 98 boot disk to boot to your MS DOS
Then change your drive to your secondary drive by typing "(Whatever the the drive letter is Example "D:""C:""A:"

Then type "FDISK /MBR"

this chould correct it if not do this one

"ChkDsk /r"

these should work.FAT32 boot disk can access and repair NTFS? thanks alot mate! i got all of my data!!! thanksQuote

Simply use a 98 boot disk to boot to your MS DOS
Then change your drive to your secondary drive by typing "(Whatever the the drive letter is Example "D:""C:""A:"

Then type "FDISK /MBR"

this chould correct it if not do this one

"ChkDsk /r"

these should work.