Lost Partition

[Moir]

O/s is Win98SE. Recently when trying to combine two partitions (D;
and E
using Paragon Partition Manager 2002 (provided as a "freebie" with a
PC
magazine) I "lost" E:

Now, drive/partition E: does not show up under My Computer (or
anywhere else) at all :-(

D drive did not increase in size........

I have tried using a file recovery program named PC Inspector and it
has
"found" the "missing" hard drive, but the "missing" hard drive does
not
have a drive letter.

PC Inspector shows:

Floppy Disk #1 (1.41Mb)
Fixed disk #2 (3.94b) This is the "missing" partition! (my
comment)
Windows Drive A1.41Mb)
Windows Drive C4.20Gb)
Windows Drive D4.26Gb)

Powerquest Partinfo Programs shows:-

Partition Information Program
Sep 16 2002 - DOS32 Version
Copyright (c) 1994-2002, PowerQuest Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

PowerQuest, makers of PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm) and
DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at
Voice: 801-226-6834 Web site: http://www.powerquest.com/support/
Fax: 801-226-8941 Email: (e-mail address removed)
BiosExtensions: 0x2100 Subsets (0x00000005): Access EDD
EGeo 0x0002 8192 16 63 8257536 0 512


============================================================================

Disk 0: 1024 Cylinders, 128 Heads, 63 Sectors/Track.

BiosExtensions: 0x2100 Subsets (0x00000005): Access EDD
The BIOS supports INT 13h extensions for this drive.

============================ Partition Tables
==============================

Partition -----Begin---- ------End----- Start
Num

Sector # Boot Cyl Head Sect FS Cyl Head Sect Sect
Sects

---------- - ---- ---- ---- ---- -- ---- ---- ---- ----------
----------

Warning: The OS reported too few cylinders. 1024 cylinders are
present.

0 0 80 [ 0 1 1] 0C [ 68 127 63] 63
8813889 [Large Drive Placeholders]

0 1 1 1092 127 63
Actual Values

0 1 00 [1022 11 1] 0F [1022 15 63] 8819685
17865099 [Large Drive Placeholders]

1093 91 1 3309 15 63
Actual Values

Error #107: Partition begins after end of disk.

ucBeginCylinder (1093) must be less than 1093.

Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.

ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 91.

Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.

ucEndCylinder (3309) must be less than 1093.

Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.

ucEndHead expected to be 127, not 15.

Warning: The OS reported too few cylinders. 1093 cylinders are
present.

8819685 0 00 [1022 12 1] 21 [1022 14 63] 8819748
8932077 [Large Drive Placeholders]

1093 92 1 2201 46 63
Actual Values

Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.

ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 92.

Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.

ucEndHead expected to be 127, not 46.

8819685 1 00 [1022 15 1] 05 [1022 15 63] 17751825
8932959 [Large Drive Placeholders]

2201 47 1 3309 15 63
Actual Values

Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.

ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 47.

Warning #109: Partition ends after end of disk.

ucEndCylinder (3309) must be less than 2202.

Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.

ucEndHead expected to be 127, not 15.

17751825 0 00 [1022 0 1] 0B [1022 2 63] 17751888
8932077 [Large Drive Placeholders]

2201 48 1 3309 2 63
Actual Values

Error #105: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.

ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 48.

Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.

ucEndCylinder (3309) must be less than 2202.

Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.

ucEndHead expected to be 127, not 2.

Warning: The OS reported too few cylinders. 2202 cylinders are
present.




==================================================================================

Disk 0: 8670.4 Megabytes

============================= Partition Information
==============================

Volume Partition Partition Start
Total

Letter:Label Type Status Size MB Sector #
Sector Sectors

------------- --------------- -------- -------- ---------- -
---------- ----------

C:WINDOWS FAT32X Pri,Boot 4303.7 0 0
63 8813889

ExtendedX Pri 8723.2 0 1
8819685 17865099

EPBR Log 4361.4 None -
8819685 8932140

Type 21 Log 4361.4 8819685 0
8819748 8932077

EPBR Log 4361.8 8819685 1
17751825 8932959

DATA FAT32 Log 4361.4 17751825 0
17751888 8932077






========================================================================

Boot Sector for drive C: Drive 1, Starting Sector: 63, Type: FAT32

========================================================================

1. Jump: EB 58 90

2. OEM Name: MSWIN4.1

3. Bytes Per Sector: 512

4. Sectors Per Cluster: 8

5. Reserved Sectors: 32

6. Number of FAT's: 2

7. Reserved: 0x0000

8. Reserved: 0x0000

9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8

10. Sectors Per FAT: 0

11. Sectors Per Track: 63 (0x3F)

12. Number of Heads: 128 (0x80)

13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)

14. Big Total Sectors: 8813889 (0x867D41)

15. Big Sectors Per FAT: 8599

16. Extended Flags: 0x0000

17. FS Version: 0

18. First Cluster of Root: 2 (0x2)

19. FS Info Sector: 1

20. Backup Boot Sector: 6

21. Reserved: 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

22. Drive ID: 0x80

23. Reserved for NT: 0x00

24. Extended Boot Sig: 0x29

25. Serial Number: 0x2F3C1CEA

26. Volume Name: WINDOWS

27. File System Type: FAT32

28. Boot Signature: 0xAA55





========================================================================

Boot Sector for drive D: Drive 1, Starting Sector: 17751888, Type:
FAT32

========================================================================

1. Jump: EB 5A 90

2. OEM Name: MSWIN4.1

3. Bytes Per Sector: 512

4. Sectors Per Cluster: 8

5. Reserved Sectors: 32

6. Number of FAT's: 2

7. Reserved: 0x0000

8. Reserved: 0x0000

9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8

10. Sectors Per FAT: 0

11. Sectors Per Track: 63 (0x3F)

12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)

13. Hidden Sectors: 17751888 (0x10EDF50)

14. Big Total Sectors: 8932077 (0x884AED)

15. Big Sectors Per FAT: 8715

16. Extended Flags: 0x0000

17. FS Version: 0

18. First Cluster of Root: 2 (0x2)

19. FS Info Sector: 1

20. Backup Boot Sector: 6

21. Reserved: 0x00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

22. Drive ID: 0x80

23. Reserved for NT: 0x00

24. Extended Boot Sig: 0x29

25. Serial Number: 0x1A03406E

26. Volume Name: DATA

27. File System Type: FAT32

28. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

How do I get missing partition and its data back?

Emailed Paragon 5 days ago and still not received any reply from them!
Seems they do not care to provide tech support :-(

TIA

 

[Zvi Netiv]

O/s is Win98SE. Recently when trying to combine two partitions (D; and E
using Paragon Partition Manager 2002 (provided as a "freebie" with a PC
magazine) I "lost" E:

Now, drive/partition E: does not show up under My Computer (or
anywhere else) at all :-(

D drive did not increase in size........

I have tried using a file recovery program named PC Inspector and it has
"found" the "missing" hard drive, but the "missing" hard drive does not
have a drive letter.

PC Inspector shows:

Floppy Disk #1 (1.41Mb)
Fixed disk #2 (3.94b) This is the "missing" partition! (my
comment)
Windows Drive A1.41Mb)
Windows Drive C4.20Gb)
Windows Drive D4.26Gb)

Powerquest Partinfo Programs shows:-

Prepare a RESQ disk from http://resq.co.il/resq.php, boot from and run RESQDISK
/ASSESS. Post the report here and I'll show you how to recover the partition.

Or you could try RESQDISK /REBUILD right away.

Regards, Zvi

 

[Moir]

Prepare a RESQ disk from http://resq.co.il/resq.php, boot from and run RESQDISK
/ASSESS. Post the report here and I'll show you how to recover the partition.

Or you could try RESQDISK /REBUILD right away.

Regards, Zvi

Will try your suggestion and post back
Thanks

 

[Moir]

Thanks for everyones help - nothing seemed to work - tried many
different programs and will now reformat hard drive and start all over
again.