How to repair FAT partition?

How can you repair your FAT partition if you failed to access it? FAT partition repair tool could solve your problem. Partition Table Doctor will enable you to access your fat partition again by repairing the FAT boot sector, as well as recover the fat partition to get the data back.

What is FAT?

FAT, short for File Allocation Table, is a file system that was developed for MS-DOS and is the primary file system for consumer versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows ME. The FAT file system is considered relatively uncomplicated, and because of that, it is a popular format for floppy disks; moreover, The FAT file system is relatively straightforward and is supported by virtually all existing Operating Systems for personal computers. This makes it an ideal format for solid-state memory cards and a convenient way to share data between Operating Systems.

The successive major versions of the FAT format are named after the number of table element bits: 12, 16, and 32, say FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32.

Repair FAT Boot Sector

Each partition (also sometimes called a "logical DOS volume" in the DOS/Windows world) has its own volume boot sector, so does FAT partition. This is distinct from the master boot sector (or record) that controls the entire disk, but is similar in concept. It is also sometimes called the volume boot record or partition boot sector. Each volume boot sector contains the following: Disk Parameter Block and Volume Boot Code. If the FAT boot sector is damaged, data can not be accessed. In this situation, you can choose FAT partition repair software to repair the FAT boot sector or recover the data with a data recovery software.

Possible (but not all) symptoms if your FAT boot sector damaged:

• Invalid media type reading drive
  Abort, Retry, Fail?
• File system is displayed as "RAW"
• Windows may ask if you want to format the drive
• File names contain "weird" characters
• "Sector not found" messages

If the Boot Sector of a FAT16/FAT32/NTFS partition was corrupt, it will be marked with "X" by Partition Table Doctor.

Partition Table Doctor is a NTFS/FAT partition recovery and repair solution for computer users if there are problems with your FAT partition.

How to repair FAT boot sector?

Repair FAT boot sector with Partition Table Doctor is quite simple. When the FAT partitions are failed to access, you need to repair FAT boot sector. The function "Fixboot" of Partition Table Doctor is for repairing the FAT boot sector problems.

There are two situations for FAT partition repair according to your File System:

First, if you cannot access the FAT16/NTFS partition and the partition was marked with "X", right click the partition and choose "Fixboot". Then it will automatically check and repair the Boot Sector of the FAT partition.

Second, if Your FAT32 partition is needed to repair, right click the partition and choose Fixboot. There are two choice:

One is "Auto" mode: Partition Table Doctor will automatically check and repair the FAT Boot Sector of the partition. We recommend you choose this mode.

The other is "Interactive" mode. If "Auto" mode doesn’t work, you could choose "Interactive" mode. You must input the Label for the partition or file name (the file is in the Root Folder). If you do not know what file name to input, follow the file name that is suggested:

Bootable partition:
io.sys, msdos.sys, ntldr, bootlog.txt

Other partitions:
_restore, recycled

File name can not support long name or wildcard character by DOS version of Partition Table Doctor.

Just by simply clicking, you will successfully repair the FAT partition and access to your data. Get the magic partition recovery and repair software now. Buynow.

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