garya@tekig4.TEK.COM (Gary Andresen) (10/23/87)
Well I really did it up this time.
I took a hard disk boot program of a BBS (I think it was posted here
first) and installed it on my hard disk using the install program
that came with it. Now when I try to boot my ST I get 3 bombs and it
locks up. It was installed on the first sector on track 0 I think.
The program was HDBOOT.PRG and I have a supra ST -> SCSI board
connected to a micropolis 40 Meg hard drive with a Adaptek SC4000 scsi
controller,using supra's utilites to run with prior to my mistake.
I installed the HDBOOT program and renamed the supra boot program as
it said in the instructions and gave it a try (BOOOM).
Is it possible to get my hard disk back with out reformatting the whole
disk or does somebody have a program that will format just the boot
track.
Another words does anybody have a way to get my data back!!!! ,I got lazy
and have not done a backup in about 3 weeks and of course those
3 weeks have generated a lot of stuff on my disk.
!!!!!!! I NEED HELP !!!!!!!!
Thanx in advance.
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((>>>exodus@uop.UUCP (Freddy Kreuger) (10/25/87)
Try REVIVE from STart or maybe DCformat-- make a floppy disk with the boot flag set (I think I saw this option in DCformat) then add the supra SUPRABT.SYS or whatever and boot from the floppy with the Hard drive turned on. [Of course, you'll have to make the floppy with the hard drive off since you cannot boot from the HD anymor-- hope you have a copy of dcformat on floppy!!] G. Onufer That issue of STart has all the instructions.