Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and repartitioned
them.

Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.

I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of original
Partition Table correct?

How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.

WinXP SP2 by the way.

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> repartitioned
> them.
>
> Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
>
> I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of original
> Partition Table correct?
>
> How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
>
> WinXP SP2 by the way.

Your phrase "HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU" sounds cute
but tells us next to nothing about your actual problem. Please
supply full details - the more the better!

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> repartitioned
> them.
>

How do you "repartition" a partition?

Is HD0 representative a physical hard drive?

> Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
>

If HD1 representative of still another physical hard drive?

> I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of original
> Partition Table correct?
>

Sounds like two operations occurred, not 1 as you imply.

> How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
>
> WinXP SP2 by the way.

Can't be done with XP.
Dave

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:43:53 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> > repartitioned
> > them.
> >
> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
> >
> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of original
> > Partition Table correct?
> >
> > How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
> >
> > WinXP SP2 by the way.
>
> Your phrase "HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU" sounds cute
> but tells us next to nothing about your actual problem. Please
> supply full details - the more the better!
>

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:

He sees the drive but without partitions and no data.

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======== Tecknomage ========
Computer Systems Specialist
San Diego, CA

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:38:00 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> > repartitioned
> > them.
> >
>
> How do you "repartition" a partition?
>
> Is HD0 representative a physical hard drive?
>
> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
> >
>
> If HD1 representative of still another physical hard drive?
>
> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of original
> > Partition Table correct?
> >
>
> Sounds like two operations occurred, not 1 as you imply.
>

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:

He can see HD1 (E but with no partitions and no data.


> > How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
> >
> > WinXP SP2 by the way.
>
> Can't be done with XP.
> Dave
>


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======== Tecknomage ========
Computer Systems Specialist
San Diego, CA

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:43:53 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
>> > repartitioned
>> > them.
>> >
>> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
>> >
>> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of
>> > original
>> > Partition Table correct?
>> >
>> > How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
>> >
>> > WinXP SP2 by the way.
>>
>> Your phrase "HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU" sounds cute
>> but tells us next to nothing about your actual problem. Please
>> supply full details - the more the better!
>>
>
> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:
>
> He sees the drive but without partitions and no data.
>

I will now add the second meaning of "SNAFU" to my
list of acronyms (SNAFU=Cannot see partitions and
data). One of these tools might help to recover the
partitions:
http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
http://www.runtime.org/ (GetDataBack - has a trial version)
http://www.softwarepatch.com/softwar...cdownload.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert)

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:26:26 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:43:53 +0200, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> >> > repartitioned
> >> > them.
> >> >
> >> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
> >> >
> >> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of
> >> > original
> >> > Partition Table correct?
> >> >
> >> > How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
> >> >
> >> > WinXP SP2 by the way.
> >>
> >> Your phrase "HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU" sounds cute
> >> but tells us next to nothing about your actual problem. Please
> >> supply full details - the more the better!
> >>
> >
> > "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:
> >
> > He sees the drive but without partitions and no data.
> >
>
> I will now add the second meaning of "SNAFU" to my
> list of acronyms (SNAFU=Cannot see partitions and
> data). One of these tools might help to recover the
> partitions:
> http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
> http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
> http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
> http://www.runtime.org/ (GetDataBack - has a trial version)
> http://www.softwarepatch.com/softwar...cdownload.html
> http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
> www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert)
>

Thanks, I'll pass this on to the poor shmo who goofed.

I'm also going to add these to my "help" list.
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======== Tecknomage ========
Computer Systems Specialist
San Diego, CA

"Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:38:00 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
>> > repartitioned
>> > them.
>> >
>>
>> How do you "repartition" a partition?
>>
>> Is HD0 representative a physical hard drive?
>>
>> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
>> >
>>
>> If HD1 representative of still another physical hard drive?
>>
>> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of
>> > original
>> > Partition Table correct?
>> >
>>
>> Sounds like two operations occurred, not 1 as you imply.
>>
>
> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:
>
> He can see HD1 (E but with no partitions and no data.

If a "drive letter" E: is visible in windows explorer, it is a partition.

>
>
>> > How does he get his Partition Table corrected? If possible.
>> >
>> > WinXP SP2 by the way.
>>
>> Can't be done with XP.
>> Dave
>>
>
>
> --
> ======== Tecknomage ========
> Computer Systems Specialist
> San Diego, CA

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:07:33 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:38:00 -0500, "Lil' Dave"
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> newsD082512-6397-4810-AEC3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > Someone I'm trying to help just deleted his HD0 partitions and
> >> > repartitioned
> >> > them.
> >> >
> >>
> >> How do you "repartition" a partition?
> >>
> >> Is HD0 representative a physical hard drive?
> >>
> >> > Surprise, surprise, his HD1 with E: & F: is now SNAFU.
> >> >
> >>
> >> If HD1 representative of still another physical hard drive?
> >>
> >> > I've never ran into this before (in 20+ yrs); caused by loss of
> >> > original
> >> > Partition Table correct?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Sounds like two operations occurred, not 1 as you imply.
> >>
> >
> > "Tecknomage" <(E-Mail Removed)> from home:
> >
> > He can see HD1 (E but with no partitions and no data.
>
> If a "drive letter" E: is visible in windows explorer, it is a partition.
>

His HD1 should have E: & F:, not just E:, and had data. When he
deleted & repartitioned his HD0 (C: & D he lost the ordinal
Partition Table.


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======== Tecknomage ========
Computer Systems Specialist
San Diego, CA