Dealt HD0 (C: & D:) Now HD1 (E: & F:) SNAFU

[Guest]

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.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

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!

 

[Lil' Dave]

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

 

[Tecknomage]

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" <[email protected]> from home:

He sees the drive but without partitions and no data.

 

[Tecknomage]

How do you "repartition" a partition?

Is HD0 representative a physical hard drive?


If HD1 representative of still another physical hard drive?


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

"Tecknomage" <[email protected]> from home:

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

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Tecknomage" <[email protected]> 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/software/filerecoverysecdownload.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert)

 

[Tecknomage]

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/software/filerecoverysecdownload.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.

 

[Lil' Dave]

"Tecknomage" <[email protected]> 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.

 

[Tecknomage]

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.