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Few days ago I've installed xp pro ( without SP1,2...) on new
computer ( nForce4-4x + sata samsung 160gb + 20gb pata maxtor).
The pata hdd has 3 fat32 partitions and it's connected as master
on 1st ide channel.
The sata disk holds system and data partitions.
In the installation I've creted 2 partitions:
- ntfs C for xp ( 12GB)
- ntfs D for data ( less than 130GB)
The rest will be for linux, for now it stayed unpartitioned.
Yesterday everything was working fine.
Today i turn on the comp. and I see that I have lost
the D partition.
In fact there's a new D partition - that linux space now reported
as raw partition - xp just offers to format it.
In comp. management I can see my 130gb as unallocated.
Is there a way to restore data from that lost partition ?
Neo
PS. Here's report from Partition Magic 8:
PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
===========================================================================================================
===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 19457 Cylinders, 255 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
63 63 24,579,387
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1529 254 63 63
24579387
0 1 00 1023 0 1 0F 1023 223
30 24,579,450 14,520,774
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 1 00 1530 0 1 0F 2433 223 30 24579450
14520774
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 254, not 223.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 30.
24,579,450 0 00 1023 1 1 07 1023 254
63 24,579,513 14,522,697
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
24579450 0 00 1530 1 1 07 2433 254 63 24579513
14522697
===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 2: 152,625.3 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 12,001.7 0 0 63
24,579,387
ExtendedX Pri 7,090.2 0 1 24,579,450
14,520,774
EPBR Log 7,091.2 None -- 24,579,450
14,522,760
Warning #113: EPBR partition starting at 24579450 overlaps extended
partition.
D: NTFS Log 7,091.2 24,579,450 0 24,579,513
14,522,697
Error #113: Logical starting at 24579513 overlaps extended partition.
Unallocated Pri 133,532.5 None --
39,102,210 273,474,495
computer ( nForce4-4x + sata samsung 160gb + 20gb pata maxtor).
The pata hdd has 3 fat32 partitions and it's connected as master
on 1st ide channel.
The sata disk holds system and data partitions.
In the installation I've creted 2 partitions:
- ntfs C for xp ( 12GB)
- ntfs D for data ( less than 130GB)
The rest will be for linux, for now it stayed unpartitioned.
Yesterday everything was working fine.
Today i turn on the comp. and I see that I have lost
the D partition.
In fact there's a new D partition - that linux space now reported
as raw partition - xp just offers to format it.
In comp. management I can see my 130gb as unallocated.
Is there a way to restore data from that lost partition ?
Neo
PS. Here's report from Partition Magic 8:
PowerQuest PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
===========================================================================================================
===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 19457 Cylinders, 255 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
63 63 24,579,387
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1529 254 63 63
24579387
0 1 00 1023 0 1 0F 1023 223
30 24,579,450 14,520,774
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 1 00 1530 0 1 0F 2433 223 30 24579450
14520774
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 254, not 223.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 30.
24,579,450 0 00 1023 1 1 07 1023 254
63 24,579,513 14,522,697
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
24579450 0 00 1530 1 1 07 2433 254 63 24579513
14522697
===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 2: 152,625.3 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 12,001.7 0 0 63
24,579,387
ExtendedX Pri 7,090.2 0 1 24,579,450
14,520,774
EPBR Log 7,091.2 None -- 24,579,450
14,522,760
Warning #113: EPBR partition starting at 24579450 overlaps extended
partition.
D: NTFS Log 7,091.2 24,579,450 0 24,579,513
14,522,697
Error #113: Logical starting at 24579513 overlaps extended partition.
Unallocated Pri 133,532.5 None --
39,102,210 273,474,495