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<blockquote data-quote="hotponyshoes" data-source="post: 277547" data-attributes="member: 59166"><p>Hi all,</p><p>I had a pc with a single 250gb hard drive, this drive had win xp installed along with all my music that I had ripped to mp3 directly from the original cd's.</p><p>I then stipeed this pc down to make my htpc using the mb/processor/etc.</p><p>I left the hard drive alone as I went with 2 drives on the htpc.</p><p></p><p>I have just built another desktop pc and fitted a new 60gb drive into it which I installed a clean copy of xp on.</p><p>(all drives are sata)</p><p>Once xp and sp2 were installed I plugged the original 250gb drive back in but windows gave the 'found new hardware' noise but it would not showin 'my computer'.</p><p>The 250gb was originally labed as 'C' so I had set the new 60gb drive as 'F' when I did the clean install.</p><p></p><p>I attemped to restart the pc but it would not boot with the new drive attached.</p><p></p><p>Like a tw*t I booted using a partation tool cd (after a look on google) and deleted the MBR on the 250gb drive.</p><p>I did not change anything else (so it's not reformatted)</p><p>The system now boots fine and detects the drive but it shows it as unformatted.</p><p></p><p>I have a copy of O&O DiskRecovery which can detect all the original files and will restore them ok.</p><p>The problem is: All the folder structures are missing and all the file names have gone.</p><p></p><p>I originally had the mp3's in Artist/Album folders with the file name being the track title.</p><p></p><p>Does anybody know of any way/software to help me on this?</p><p>I don't want to 'restore' the whole drive as I will be in the same situation as before (no boot)</p><p>From what I can work out the MBR is the record of the files and there folder structures along with file names,</p><p>Obviously I should not have wiped this off! But, is there any way of restoring it but allowing the drive to be picked up?</p><p>I don't know a lot about sata drives but as there is no master/slave jumpers on them is it the mbr that sets this up hence it would not work when I tried to add a second 'master' drive?</p><p></p><p>Cheers!!</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>TV-Server Version</strong>: </p><p><strong>MediaPortal Version</strong>: 2.3RC3</p><p><strong>MediaPortal Skin</strong>: X-Face</p><p><strong>Windows Version</strong>: XP Pro Sp2</p><p><strong>CPU Type</strong>: AMD 4600+ Dual Core 2.4GHZ</p><p><strong>HDD</strong>: 250GB Sata 300 / 500GB Sata 300</p><p><strong>Memory</strong>: 2GB (2x1GB) PC4000 3200 CL2 Corsair TwinX</p><p><strong>Motherboard</strong>: Abit AN8 32x</p><p><strong>Video Card</strong>: 2 x BFG 7600GT OC 512mb SLI</p><p><strong>Video Card Driver</strong>: Nvidia</p><p><strong>Sound Card</strong>: Abit Optical Out</p><p><strong>Sound Card AC3</strong>: </p><p><strong>Sound Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>1. TV Card</strong>: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Type</strong>: DVB-T / Analog</p><p><strong>1. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>2. TV Card</strong>: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner (Quad Configeration)</p><p><strong>2. TV Card Type</strong>: DVB-T / Analog</p><p><strong>2. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>3. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Type</strong>: </p><p><strong>4. TV Card Driver</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>MPEG2 Audio Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>h.264 Video Codec</strong>: </p><p><strong>Satelite/CableTV Provider</strong>: </p><p><strong>HTPC Case</strong>: Thermaltake Bach</p><p><strong>Cooling</strong>: Fans</p><p><strong>Power Supply</strong>: Thermaltake Toughpower</p><p><strong>Remote</strong>: iMon</p><p><strong>TV</strong>: Panasonic TH37PW5B 37" Plasma Display</p><p><strong>TV - HTPC Connection</strong>: VGA / Component</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hotponyshoes, post: 277547, member: 59166"] Hi all, I had a pc with a single 250gb hard drive, this drive had win xp installed along with all my music that I had ripped to mp3 directly from the original cd's. I then stipeed this pc down to make my htpc using the mb/processor/etc. I left the hard drive alone as I went with 2 drives on the htpc. I have just built another desktop pc and fitted a new 60gb drive into it which I installed a clean copy of xp on. (all drives are sata) Once xp and sp2 were installed I plugged the original 250gb drive back in but windows gave the 'found new hardware' noise but it would not showin 'my computer'. The 250gb was originally labed as 'C' so I had set the new 60gb drive as 'F' when I did the clean install. I attemped to restart the pc but it would not boot with the new drive attached. Like a tw*t I booted using a partation tool cd (after a look on google) and deleted the MBR on the 250gb drive. I did not change anything else (so it's not reformatted) The system now boots fine and detects the drive but it shows it as unformatted. I have a copy of O&O DiskRecovery which can detect all the original files and will restore them ok. The problem is: All the folder structures are missing and all the file names have gone. I originally had the mp3's in Artist/Album folders with the file name being the track title. Does anybody know of any way/software to help me on this? I don't want to 'restore' the whole drive as I will be in the same situation as before (no boot) From what I can work out the MBR is the record of the files and there folder structures along with file names, Obviously I should not have wiped this off! But, is there any way of restoring it but allowing the drive to be picked up? I don't know a lot about sata drives but as there is no master/slave jumpers on them is it the mbr that sets this up hence it would not work when I tried to add a second 'master' drive? Cheers!! [b]TV-Server Version[/b]: [b]MediaPortal Version[/b]: 2.3RC3 [b]MediaPortal Skin[/b]: X-Face [b]Windows Version[/b]: XP Pro Sp2 [b]CPU Type[/b]: AMD 4600+ Dual Core 2.4GHZ [b]HDD[/b]: 250GB Sata 300 / 500GB Sata 300 [b]Memory[/b]: 2GB (2x1GB) PC4000 3200 CL2 Corsair TwinX [b]Motherboard[/b]: Abit AN8 32x [b]Video Card[/b]: 2 x BFG 7600GT OC 512mb SLI [b]Video Card Driver[/b]: Nvidia [b]Sound Card[/b]: Abit Optical Out [b]Sound Card AC3[/b]: [b]Sound Card Driver[/b]: [b]1. TV Card[/b]: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner [b]1. TV Card Type[/b]: DVB-T / Analog [b]1. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]2. TV Card[/b]: Black Gold GDI3520 Dual-Tuner (Quad Configeration) [b]2. TV Card Type[/b]: DVB-T / Analog [b]2. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]3. TV Card[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]3. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]4. TV Card[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Type[/b]: [b]4. TV Card Driver[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Video Codec[/b]: [b]MPEG2 Audio Codec[/b]: [b]h.264 Video Codec[/b]: [b]Satelite/CableTV Provider[/b]: [b]HTPC Case[/b]: Thermaltake Bach [b]Cooling[/b]: Fans [b]Power Supply[/b]: Thermaltake Toughpower [b]Remote[/b]: iMon [b]TV[/b]: Panasonic TH37PW5B 37" Plasma Display [b]TV - HTPC Connection[/b]: VGA / Component [/QUOTE]
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