Patition gone???

[Guest]

I have a Compaq Presario X1000 with 80 GB hard drive. I partitioned the hard
drive into two: 1) ~ 50 GB and 2) ~30 GB.

I stored all my doc files and photos and etc. on my #2 partition and named
it 'All Data'.

I wanted a fresh start so I re-installed my Windows XP Pro.

After I finished re-installing the OS I completely lost my #2 partition. I
used Partition Magic 8.x to create the #2 partition so I figured that
re-installing PM 8 would give me the access to partition #2. No such a luck.
I mis-understood something.

I downloaded a demo version of Active Partition Recovery and it showed me
that I still have that partition with all the files, however I can't recover
because it's only a demo version. I can't spend another $100+ to buy the
professional version of Active Partition Recovery.

Is there a way I can restore the partition with all the files intact within
Windows XP?

Your help would be most appreciated.

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Stone

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I have a Compaq Presario X1000 with 80 GB hard drive. I
partitioned the hard drive into two: 1) ~ 50 GB and 2) ~30 GB.

I stored all my doc files and photos and etc. on my #2 partition
and named it 'All Data'.

I wanted a fresh start so I re-installed my Windows XP Pro.

After I finished re-installing the OS I completely lost my #2
partition. I used Partition Magic 8.x to create the #2 partition
so I figured that re-installing PM 8 would give me the access to
partition #2. No such a luck. I mis-understood something.

I downloaded a demo version of Active Partition Recovery and it
showed me that I still have that partition with all the files,
however I can't recover because it's only a demo version. I can't
spend another $100+ to buy the professional version of Active
Partition Recovery.

Is there a way I can restore the partition with all the files
intact within Windows XP?

Your help would be most appreciated.

When you "reinstalled Windows XP" - how did you go about it?
In other words - when it came up and asked you where to install Windows XP -
how did you answer?
(Or did it ever ask?)

In any case - what does Disk Manager in Windows XP show?
Perhaps you just need to assign the partition a drive letter?

 

[Guest]

Hello,
I suppose using Data Recovery tool - Partition Table Doctor or EASEUS
DataRecoveryWizard.
It is imho the best one among it's family. Easy to use and powerful.
It actually never failed me before. Recommended!

http://www.ptdd.com
http://www.easeus.com/

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Shenan

"Perhaps you just need to assign the partition a drive letter?"

Tweak Ui could be another explanation!

However, isn't the more likely explanation that there has
been a clean install involving reformatting the whole disk.
If this has occurred will a data recovery programme recover
any files before further data is written over the partition, which
was there?

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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[Bert Kinney]

Hi Stone,

To recover a deleted partition go to the site below and download
mbrwork.exe
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html

Option 1 - Backup the first track on a hard drive.
Option A - If no partitions exist in the MBR and no EMBR exists then
this option will allow you to recover lost FAT, HPFS, NTFS,
and Extended partitions.
Option 6 - Set a partition active
Option 5 - Install standard MBR Code

For information: Mbrwork:
http://members.shaw.ca/Leesplace/mbrwork.htm

For Support: BootIt NG Newsgroup
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/oehelp.html

 

[Guest]

Bert. Thanks for the lead, however, I downloaded the suggested software -
mbrwork.exe - but it gave me an error message regarding 16-bit MS-DOS
Subsystem error. It won't run.

I just realized that my hard drive is only 60 GB not 80. I did clean
re-install and it caused the partition to be deleted.

Please recommand me other useful software.

Thanks.

Stone

 

[Guest]

Gerry.

You are right when you assumed that I did clean re-install. My hard drive
is actually 60 GB not 80.

Shenan, is there a recommanded software I can use to recover the deleted
partition?

Thanks million.

Stone
--
Stone

Shenan

"Perhaps you just need to assign the partition a drive letter?"

Tweak Ui could be another explanation!

However, isn't the more likely explanation that there has
been a clean install involving reformatting the whole disk.
If this has occurred will a data recovery programme recover
any files before further data is written over the partition, which
was there?

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


..

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Stone,

You may want to run that error message by the folk at one of the
Terabyte newsgroups for suggestions.

For Support: BootIt NG Newsgroup
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/oehelp.html

 

[socrtwo]

Maybe there's something here. It's my list, but I haven't used any of
them successfully:

http://www.s2services.com/partitionmgrsfreeware.htm

Also PC Inspector
(http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm) might be able
to recover the files if you tell it to look for lost files. It is also
free.

socrtwo
s2services.com - a data recovery freeware list

 

[Guest]

Bert.

I went to the Terabyte support page and found the link regarding 16-bit
application error message to MS knowledge base. I followed the step by step
instruction and still the software isn't working at all.

I'm lost....

Thanks for all your help though.

Sincerely,

Stone

 

[Bert Kinney]

Did you post this to the Terabyte newsgroup as previously suggested?