Error 1500 Bad Boot Signature Byte
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Was this article helpful? Yes No Category: Windows Data Recovery - Pro Last updated on May 30, 2016 with 3413 views 0 User Comments There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below. Leave a Comment Name Email Message Verification Code Related Articles NTFS File System Structure and How do I Undelete NTFS Reach Us Stellar Data Recovery Inc. 48 Bridge Street Metuchen, New Jersey 08840, United States Map Social & Share Stay tuned for the upcoming events & news Newsletters Signup Subscribe to our newsletter to get the latest updates AboutIf this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: http://www.sharkyforums.com/showthread.php?296912-Disappearing-Partition click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select http://pub50.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=4220517151&frmid=106&msgid=341330&cmd=show the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. Results 1 to 13 of 13 Thread: Disappearing Partition Tweet Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page… Subscribe to this Thread… Display Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode 03-09-2007,05:20 PM #1 vairox error 1500 View Profile View Forum Posts «:::Cynical Shark:::» Join Date Sep 2003 Location San Diego/Fresno Posts 3,629 Disappearing Partition so I'm converting 2 avi files to a dvd... avi files are on I:\ converting to a folder on E:\ come back 45 mins later and only one of the avi's got converted, I say "hmmm" to myself... "i'll just retry it" what error 1500 bad the ??? I:\ drive is gone. go to disk manager, I:\ is unallocated.... what the? restart, same thing...what the fffffffff! windows just loses partitions or what Originally Posted by ua549 In Canada you'd probably have to wait at least 30 days to get a broken arm fixed. Biostar TZ77B i5-3570k@4.5ghz Hyper 212+ 16GB Samsung DDR3 Dual 19" Syncmaster 953bw Samsung DVD-RW 480GB PNY SSD 1.5 TB WD Green SATA 3.0 TB WD Red 3.0 TB WD Red 3.0 TB WD Red 3.0 TB Seagate 3.0 TB Seagate External 4.0 TB Seagate External Reply With Quote 03-09-2007,05:32 PM #2 vairox View Profile View Forum Posts «:::Cynical Shark:::» Join Date Sep 2003 Location San Diego/Fresno Posts 3,629 I think drive is hosed... thanks maxtor, 250 gigger down the drain. "welcome to the initialize and convert disk wizard" fails popup = "the operation did not complete. check the system event log for more information on the error. close the disk management console, then restart disk management before trying the operation" event log = Source LDM, Even ID 2 INTERNAL Error - An unexpected e
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