Partition magic merge failure Any help is appreciated!

[polzovatel]

I tried to merge two partitions (C:\ - 2GB total, 1.7 used and D:\ -
38GB total, 5GB used ) using 'Partition Magic 8'
and at the end when I checked my C: drive ( with DOS dir command ) ,
I
got only one directory 'DYN_ROOT' and nothing in it.
Then I run CHKDSK from Partition Magic disk and now I have 500 .CHK
files.
But when I opened the 'Partition Magic' again it still shows that I
have the same 1.7 GB used on partition c:\ and partition with the
star(*) on it (No label) with 5 GB used as before on D:\) and also it
shows 38 GB unallocated.
It does not recognize any drives apart from c:\ and would not
reinstall DOS. It says that there is too many files on C:\ to install
DOS. It would not install Windows either
Is there anything I can do to retrieve my files at least from
partition D:\ ( I could not back it up because I don't have CD
writer!)
Can Norton Disk Doctor help in this case?
Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks .

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I tried to merge two partitions (C:\ - 2GB total, 1.7 used and D:\ -
38GB total, 5GB used ) using 'Partition Magic 8'
and at the end when I checked my C: drive ( with DOS dir command ) ,
I
got only one directory 'DYN_ROOT' and nothing in it.
Then I run CHKDSK from Partition Magic disk and now I have 500 .CHK
files.
But when I opened the 'Partition Magic' again it still shows that I
have the same 1.7 GB used on partition c:\ and partition with the
star(*) on it (No label) with 5 GB used as before on D:\) and also it
shows 38 GB unallocated.
It does not recognize any drives apart from c:\ and would not
reinstall DOS. It says that there is too many files on C:\ to install
DOS. It would not install Windows either
Is there anything I can do to retrieve my files at least from
partition D:\ ( I could not back it up because I don't have CD
writer!)
Can Norton Disk Doctor help in this case?
Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks .

It seems that PQMagic hosed your hard disk. Your best bet
would be to retrieve your files from backup. If this is not an
option then take your disk to a data recovery bureau - they
can work miracles. If this is not an option either then you
may have to consider this unfortunate event as an expensive
reminder about the need to back up important files every
week, without fail, and most certainly prior to any major
modification such as merging partitions.

There are some recovery tools such as
http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
www.Acronis.com (Recovery Expert)

In your case, the problem could be that anything you do
might make things worse. Data recovery bureaus avoid
this trap by making a clone of your disk, then working
on the clone only.