Hello, All!

I used Partition Magic 8.02 to create a new 1GB partition (J, taking the
space from E:. At the end of operation, I received an error that
"...cross-linked files were found." There was no option other than to
continue. PM then called DriverMapper and it seemed to go smoothly.

On reboot, Windows Explorer shows E: and J: with no labels. When I click on
the drives, I get an error that says, "E:\ is not accessible. A device
attached to the system is not functioning."

In Device Manager on the Performance tab, it says "Drive E is using an
MS-DOS compatibility mode file system."

In DOS, ScanDisk says, "...cannot examine drive E:" I did not try J:

Also in DOS, FDisk shows E:'s size as it should (10000MB), but shows System
"Unknown" (-- it should be FAT32 --) with an 18% Usage -- which is about
right. FDisk does not show J: at all.

Partition Magic shows E: as it should -- FAT32; (new) Size: 10,001.4MB;
Used: 1150.5, set as Logical. Drive J: does not appear at all. What does
show is 1004.1MB of Unallocated space after E:; this was supposed to be the
new J: partition.

Can anybody please help? I really can't afford to lose my files on E:.
....and, of course, it's one of the partitions that I haven't backed up in
years. Don't ya sometimes just wish you never got out of bed?!!!!

Thank you in advance...
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