i did something incredibly stupid, using the DISKPART command to CLEAN a drive, i failed to notice that diskpart was actually logged-on to the *wrong* volume at the time, so i inadvertently wiped-out the partition table (i'm assuming) on a drive that was not the intended target. (the drive in question is external firewire)

now, before i panic, i would like to hear from those who have used the DISPART command and what they would recommend for recovering the partition information, ie, reconstruct the partition table... it shouldn't be that difficult, but i haven't faced this situation before, as i'm usually extremely careful. apparently my luck just ran out today though.

please advise, asap... thanks
--
francis
dekerf at h0tmail d0t c0m

Hi, Francis.

There are TWO DiskParts in Win2K/XP. Which one did you use? One is a part
of the Recovery Console; this is quite limited and does little except create
and delete partitions. The other is DiskPart.exe, a shell that can be
activated by typing Diskpart at the Command Prompt. This is a much more
capable utility, which can extend partitions and do other functions.

I've only used DiskPart.exe a couple of times and goofed both times. Each
time I extended a partition by more than I intended, but the result was
acceptable, so I kept it.

That's about all I can tell you. I don't have firewire or any external
drive except for an old SCSI SyJet. I have rebuilt partition tables (it's
only 64 bytes in the first physical sector of the HD), but not recently.
There are recovery tools available, so don't give up too soon - and don't
let anything write to that HD until you've completed the recovery!
Rebuilding a partition table is usually easy - IF you have the right tool.
But you have to switch to thinking of drive NUMBERS and partition numbers,
rather than as drive LETTERS, and that can get confusing. :>(

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(E-Mail Removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP

"francis gérard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:eu%(E-Mail Removed)...
i did something incredibly stupid, using the DISKPART command to CLEAN a
drive, i failed to notice that diskpart was actually logged-on to the
*wrong* volume at the time, so i inadvertently wiped-out the partition table
(i'm assuming) on a drive that was not the intended target. (the drive in
question is external firewire)

now, before i panic, i would like to hear from those who have used the
DISPART command and what they would recommend for recovering the partition
information, ie, reconstruct the partition table... it shouldn't be that
difficult, but i haven't faced this situation before, as i'm usually
extremely careful. apparently my luck just ran out today though.

please advise, asap... thanks
--
francis
dekerf at h0tmail d0t c0m

"R. C. White" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, Francis.
>
> There are TWO DiskParts in Win2K/XP. Which one did you use? One is a part
> of the Recovery Console; this is quite limited and does little except create
> and delete partitions. The other is DiskPart.exe, a shell that can be
> activated by typing Diskpart at the Command Prompt. This is a much more
> capable utility, which can extend partitions and do other functions.

i used the DISKPART command shell in Windows XP

> I've only used DiskPart.exe a couple of times and goofed both times. Each
> time I extended a partition by more than I intended, but the result was
> acceptable, so I kept it.

"goofed" would be an understatement in this case, i was not careful enough to make certain DISKPART was logged-on to the correct volume before i issued the CLEAN command

> That's about all I can tell you. I don't have firewire or any external
> drive except for an old SCSI SyJet. I have rebuilt partition tables (it's
> only 64 bytes in the first physical sector of the HD), but not recently.
> There are recovery tools available, so don't give up too soon - and don't
> let anything write to that HD until you've completed the recovery!
> Rebuilding a partition table is usually easy - IF you have the right tool.

that's the crux of my question... WHAT tool will easily reconstruct the partition table, this should be rudimentary, but i'm not familiar with the appropriate tools... yet.

> But you have to switch to thinking of drive NUMBERS and partition numbers,
> rather than as drive LETTERS, and that can get confusing. :>(

yes, i'm aware of that, but i simply 'goofed' as you put it, i forgot to SELECT the correct drive.

--
francis

Google is your friend. There are a number of recovery tools available.
Search for [recover "partition table"] without the brackets. Good luck!

francis gérard wrote:

> i did something incredibly stupid, using the DISKPART command to CLEAN a drive, i failed to notice that diskpart was actually logged-on to the *wrong* volume at the time, so i inadvertently wiped-out the partition table (i'm assuming) on a drive that was not the intended target. (the drive in question is external firewire)
>
> now, before i panic, i would like to hear from those who have used the DISPART command and what they would recommend for recovering the partition information, ie, reconstruct the partition table... it shouldn't be that difficult, but i haven't faced this situation before, as i'm usually extremely careful. apparently my luck just ran out today though.
>
> please advise, asap... thanks

"Dan Seur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Google is your friend. There are a number of recovery tools available.
> Search for [recover "partition table"] without the brackets. Good luck!

ugh yeah, thanks dickhead

--
francis

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:03:08 -0400, francis*gérard <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote in microsoft.public.win2000.general,
microsoft.public.win2000.file_system,
microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin,
microsoft.public.win2000.hardware, microsoft.public.win2000.setup:

>"Dan Seur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Google is your friend. There are a number of recovery tools available.
>> Search for [recover "partition table"] without the brackets. Good luck!
>
>ugh yeah, thanks dickhead

Eh? How does Dan's advice warrant such response? You may want to
consider who wiped your partition table.

--
Michael Bednarek http://mbednarek.com/ "POST NO BILLS"

"Michael Bednarek" <ROT13((E-Mail Removed))> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

> Eh? How does Dan's advice warrant such response? You may want to
> consider who wiped your partition table.

just as your followup is now, imbued with sarcasm, so was dan's

and i invite you both to fuk off

--
francis

you are the one asking for help because you did not know what your were
doing. and now people try to help you out and your disgrace them. you are
the DICKHEAD.

"francis gérard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...

"Dan Seur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Google is your friend. There are a number of recovery tools available.
> Search for [recover "partition table"] without the brackets. Good luck!

ugh yeah, thanks dickhead

--
francis

"spacecity dude" <don_sp@nospam_argon.net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> you are the one asking for help because you did not know what your were
> doing. and now people try to help you out and your disgrace them. you
> are
> the DICKHEAD.

ok homer, thanks for that 'thoughtful' followup, seems everyone's gotta get
their 2cents in, and yours was worth about half that
--
francis

well actually i think it was started by a smartass comment too. replying to
a queston "google is your friend" with no usable or meaningful respoce the
the question at had is just rude. It doesn't excuse the dickhead and other
comments that came after but it was invited.

Suppose he searched google aready and did use the right search terms and
found nothing? After all his question wasn't 'how to recover a blown
partition" but how to do it with the tools microsoft made availible. The
advice to continue to search google would be completly useless. Then again
why would he need to search google when he was searching microsoft and
microsoft said to try this newsgroup? Maybe you should come down from the
high horse and think about your rush to brilience that will often show your
stupidity.

"spacecity dude" <don_sp@nospam_argon.net> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> you are the one asking for help because you did not know what your were
> doing. and now people try to help you out and your disgrace them. you
are
> the DICKHEAD.
>
> "francis gérard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Dan Seur" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Google is your friend. There are a number of recovery tools available.
> > Search for [recover "partition table"] without the brackets. Good luck!
>
> ugh yeah, thanks dickhead
>
> --
> francis
>
>