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  • May 18, 2007, 08:43 PM
    znhz
    I lost one of my partitions in the 2nd HD
    Hi

    I'm using Windows XP sp2
    I have two HDs
    1st one- 40 GB main
    2nd one- 160 GB
    The second one I made 4 partitions in it
    F,G,H,I
    I put some shortcuts in the disktop belongs to folders in drive H

    My computer was working normaly
    Nearly I heard some voices from 2nd HD

    I unpluged the power from the 2nd HD
    And restarted the computer
    It worked normaly

    In the disktop I clicked on the shortcut ( which belongs to the partition in the 2nd HD that I unplugged it )
    A message appeared said the original folder or partition missing or moved.
    I shutdown the system and plugged the power again to the second HD.
    It started normaly but when I entered to my computer I found all the partitions but the partition H is blank!!
    This partition H shows that the it is empty!!

    I want to rename it as it was before but can't , it shows ( local disk H : )
    I can't accses , it says this drive must be format.

    I tried the system restore but it says that there were many changes made to drive H which excloded or moved.

    I tried disk amnagement , all the partitiones appears even H but with no lable

    How can I solve this problem ?

    I tried to enter do dos command to search for the H partition it says that its recycled or corupted .

    Did I lost the partition and my data ?

    Please tell me if you can
  • May 19, 2007, 04:46 AM
    ScottGem
    Sounds like the partition is corrupted. You might be able to use disk recovery software like On Track to restore it. What about your backups?
  • May 19, 2007, 05:24 AM
    znhz
    I didn't backup any

    Do you think if I renamed the partition letter could solve it ?

    Or use repair from Windows XP CD boot ?

    Thanks
  • May 19, 2007, 12:14 PM
    znhz
    I found a program that can recover my data (powerecovery ) .
    The thing that made my crazy that when i open my computer it appears like this :

    http://www.l5s.net/uploads/e5a7c698bc.jpg

    When i run the program and let it search for my partitions it gives this :

    http://www.l5s.net/uploads/4bfaa4a07b.jpg

    You see ? The partition ( h ) appears with lable i named it before .

    I choosed this partition to be scaned for files & folders it gave me this :

    http://www.l5s.net/uploads/6467a4cb6f.jpg

    Strange isn't it ?

    Then how could the lable name & folders ( in the same order appears ) but not in my computer .

    Plus after this action my computer freezing 5 or 6 times in a minute .

    Could you tell me what to do ?
    If i want to backup or save them it needs to bye the program .
    Plus they are more than 10 gb .

    I think the partition is not corupted as i hope
  • May 19, 2007, 03:20 PM
    ScottGem
    I'm not familiar with that program, but your disk is definitely corrupted. As I said there are data recovery tools that may help. You apparently found one. But they aren't going to be free. If that program can read the folders like that, it stands a good chance of recovering the partition. So go buy it.

    And start setting up a backup routine.
  • May 19, 2007, 03:50 PM
    znhz
    Ok .
    When i restore and backup my files .
    Can i delete the partition from partition magic and then make new partition ?

    Cause the partition is not useful anymore .

    Thanks a lot scottgem
  • May 19, 2007, 07:10 PM
    ScottGem
    If you had a backup then yes you could delete the partition, recreate it and restore the backup.
  • May 20, 2007, 06:30 AM
    znhz
    THANKS A lot ScottGem

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