Lost partition doing merge with PartitionMagic

[anderspiotr]

Hi all

I've lost partiotion doing merge....

Findpart returns this :

Findpart, version 4.81 - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 1999-2006.

OS: Windows 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 -fat

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 9729 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 76316

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 07 63 16386237 8001 0 1 1 1019 254 63 B OK
1020 1 07 63 16386237 8001 1020 1 1 2039*254 63 OK OK
1020 2 05 16386300 16386300 8001 2040* 0 1 3059*254 63 1020 OK
2040 1 07 63 16386237 8001 2040* 1 1 3059*254 63 OK OK
2040 2 05 32772600 16386300 8001 3060* 0 1 4079*254 63 1020 OK
3060 1 07 63 16386237 8001 3060* 1 1 4079*254 63 OK OK
3060 2 05 49158900 16386300 8001 4080* 0 1 5099*254 63 1020 OK
4080 1 07 63 16386237 8001 4080* 1 1 5099*254 63 OK OK
4080 2 05 65545200 16386300 8001 5100* 0 1 6119*254 63 1020 OK
5100 1 07 63 16386237 8001 5100* 1 1 6119*254 63 OK OK
5100 2 05 81931500 49158900 24003 6120* 0 1 9179*254 63 1020 OK
6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 1020 OK
6120 - 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 1 9179 254 59 B OK
6120+- 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 5 9179 254 63 BU OK
9180 - 07 63 8803557 4298 9180 1 1 9727 254 63 BU OK

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*07 63 16386237 8001 0 1 1 1019 254 63 OK OK
0 2 0F 16386300139894020 68307 1020 0 1 9727*254 63 OK

1020 1 07 63 16386237 8001 1020 1 1 2039*254 63 OK OK
1020 2 05 16386300 16386300 8001 2040* 0 1 3059*254 63 OK

2040 1 07 63 16386237 8001 2040* 1 1 3059*254 63 OK OK
2040 2 05 32772600 16386300 8001 3060* 0 1 4079*254 63 OK

3060 1 07 63 16386237 8001 3060* 1 1 4079*254 63 OK OK
3060 2 05 49158900 16386300 8001 4080* 0 1 5099*254 63 OK

4080 1 07 63 16386237 8001 4080* 1 1 5099*254 63 OK OK
4080 2 05 65545200 16386300 8001 5100* 0 1 6119*254 63 OK

5100 1 07 63 16386237 8001 5100* 1 1 6119*254 63 OK OK
5100 2 05 81931500 49158900 24003 6120* 0 1 9179*254 63 OK

6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 OK

No signature CHS: 9180 0 1

Can any body help me to recower this partiton?
Svend help...

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Hi all

I've lost partiotion doing merge....

Findpart returns this :

Findpart, version 4.81 - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 1999-2006.

OS: Windows 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 -fat

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 9729 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 76316

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 - 07 63 16386237 8001 0 1 1 1019 254 63 B OK
1020 1 07 63 16386237 8001 1020 1 1 2039*254 63 OK OK
1020 2 05 16386300 16386300 8001 2040* 0 1 3059*254 63 1020 OK
2040 1 07 63 16386237 8001 2040* 1 1 3059*254 63 OK OK
2040 2 05 32772600 16386300 8001 3060* 0 1 4079*254 63 1020 OK
3060 1 07 63 16386237 8001 3060* 1 1 4079*254 63 OK OK
3060 2 05 49158900 16386300 8001 4080* 0 1 5099*254 63 1020 OK
4080 1 07 63 16386237 8001 4080* 1 1 5099*254 63 OK OK
4080 2 05 65545200 16386300 8001 5100* 0 1 6119*254 63 1020 OK
5100 1 07 63 16386237 8001 5100* 1 1 6119*254 63 OK OK
5100 2 05 81931500 49158900 24003 6120* 0 1 9179*254 63 1020 OK
6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 1020 OK
6120 - 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 1 9179 254 59 B OK
6120+- 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 5 9179 254 63 BU OK
9180 - 07 63 8803557 4298 9180 1 1 9727 254 63 BU OK

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS
0 1*07 63 16386237 8001 0 1 1 1019 254 63 OK OK
0 2 0F 16386300139894020 68307 1020 0 1 9727*254 63 OK

1020 1 07 63 16386237 8001 1020 1 1 2039*254 63 OK OK
1020 2 05 16386300 16386300 8001 2040* 0 1 3059*254 63 OK

2040 1 07 63 16386237 8001 2040* 1 1 3059*254 63 OK OK
2040 2 05 32772600 16386300 8001 3060* 0 1 4079*254 63 OK

3060 1 07 63 16386237 8001 3060* 1 1 4079*254 63 OK OK
3060 2 05 49158900 16386300 8001 4080* 0 1 5099*254 63 OK

4080 1 07 63 16386237 8001 4080* 1 1 5099*254 63 OK OK
4080 2 05 65545200 16386300 8001 5100* 0 1 6119*254 63 OK

5100 1 07 63 16386237 8001 5100* 1 1 6119*254 63 OK OK
5100 2 05 81931500 49158900 24003 6120* 0 1 9179*254 63 OK

6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 OK

No signature CHS: 9180 0 1

Can any body help me to recower this partiton?

Svend help...

You pushed the wrong button. Use email.

 

[Svend Olaf Mikkelsen]

Hi all

I've lost partiotion doing merge....

Findpart returns this :

Findpart, version 4.81 - for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 1999-2006.

OS: Windows 5.0.2195 Service Pack 4 -fat

Disk: 1 Cylinders: 9729 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 76316

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS

6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 1020 OK
6120 - 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 1 9179 254 59 B OK
6120+- 07 63 49158833 24003 6120 1 5 9179 254 63 BU OK
9180 - 07 63 8803557 4298 9180 1 1 9727 254 63 BU OK

Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk:

-PCyl N ID -----Rel -----Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS

6120 1 07 63 49158837 24003 6120* 1 1 9179*254 63 NB OK
6120 2 05131090400 8803620 4298 9180* 0 1 9727*254 63 OK

No signature CHS: 9180 0 1

Can any body help me to recower this partiton?
Svend help...

You would merge the 24003 MB NTFS partition with the 4298 MB NTFS
partition?

There is no boot sector (first sector) for the 4298 MB NTFS partition,
so the merge was begun.

It is not a common damage type, so it may take some time to figure it
out.

You can do:

findpart findfile 1 9179 9727 fp-a.txt

and *mail* me the file fp-a.txt.

Do not write to the last 24003 MB partition.


In a case like this, it may be possible to recover all files correct.
Depending on the situation, also standard recovery programs may be
able to copy some files to another partition.

Also for doc, xls and jpg files, can be done in a partition with free
space:

finddoc 1 9179 9727

and

findjpg 1 9179 9727 maxkb 4000

for maximum image file size 4000 KB.

That method does not use the file system, so file names will not be
original, and files will only be correct if the were not fragmented.

 

[anderspiotr]

You would merge the 24003 MB NTFS partition with the 4298 MB NTFS
partition?

There is no boot sector (first sector) for the 4298 MB NTFS partition,
so the merge was begun.

Yep, it's all true.

It is not a common damage type, so it may take some time to figure it
out.

Well, I've recoverd some jpg files with findjpg and that was all I
could do. I've tried findfile but all I've got was corrupted files
(right file name, size but random content).
Maybe the rest of the data was recoverble but i've decided that the
jpeg's were the only thing i was after. So I resized the 24GB
partition to 28GB and ended the recovery proces. I was under time
pressure, so that was the solution.

Anyway thanks for reply and for a great software. Kudos.

Piotr

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Yep, it's all true.


Well, I've recoverd some jpg files with findjpg and that was all I
could do. I've tried findfile but all I've got was corrupted files
(right file name, size but random content).
Maybe the rest of the data was recoverble but i've decided that the
jpeg's were the only thing i was after. So I resized the 24GB
partition to 28GB and ended the recovery proces. I was under time
pressure, so that was the solution.

Anyway thanks for reply and for a great software.

"I've tried findfile but all I've got was corrupted files"
That seems to happen a lot these days.

Kudos.

For what.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Hi all

I've lost partiotion doing merge....

It cannot be said often enough: PM is unreliable and complete
backups are non-optional. Sorry.

Arno