Ok i have a 300GB Hard Drive and i have used over 250GB's worth and now when i try and open it, it will not open. I have tried chkdsk and it says that the master file table is corrupt. I searched google and found a program (GetDataBack for NTFS) with this i can view and save all my info....but there is no way > 250GB will be saved on a crappy 30GB internal HDD. So is there any way to repair the master file so i can use my external HDD again?

Man.. you surely have a lot of computer problems, Mister.

hey sniperkid your problem is not easy to solve but you can ( i can but need your disk in my hands )

sorry for my english i try to explain how i will try to solve

1 when you use get databack it generate the correct table in memory so only can write in another disk but maybe you can see this data and write the correct in the disk.

2 have old commands fdisk /mbr (maybe it work)

3 norton diskeditor can make a virtual table (no have idea its work with 300gb)

4 have 1 program called "hdd regenerator" it can repair bad sectors in a disk (try it too)

good luck

blame windows .

will try some of this stuff the only other way i know of is it copy all of it somewhere and format it then copy it back....but 1st i need somewhere to copy it to.....and time...lots of time, i remember 60-70GB took nearly 6-7 hours .

Try MHDD - http://www.formatcenter.ru/soft/hdd/mhdd32ver4.2floppy.exe. The installation-file creates a boot floppy-disk with mhdd on it. MHDD can fix the master boot record, check for bad sectors (and try to fix them), test your hdd and alot more.

hmm should of really said something about this before but my floppy drive doesn't work yet...its on my list of things to do (and people say you cant be fucked more than twice in a row ).

i tried putting the floppy files onto CD and using it that way but it didn't work....looks like im gonna have to "register" (without paying ) and copy some files for a few days .

k then you should try a live version of linux

i already restored twice the mbr but i don't know how i did it anymore

but every linux fan should know what to do (was it sth with dd?)

Maybe Ultimate Boot CD can help you: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

did anybody say hirens bootcd?

however, heres some advice, when a HDD starts being faulty give up.

if only the table is corrupt scandisk should be able to fix it.


using faulty hardware works for short whiles, the hours spent fixing it everytime are probably more expensive than a new HD. Not to mention the yelling family members tend to do when they loose there bookmarks for a second.