Missing partition

[kokoli84]

Hi everyone,

Recently I made an extra partition out of my HD using Computer Management in Vista. Then I move tons of files into the new partition for backup purpose until it was about 90% full. After I restart my computer the new drive disappeared. This is how it looks like right now in the attachment. Could anyone help me solve this problem? or are there anyway that I can bring those file out from the hidden partition?

Thanks

[kokoli84]

Can anyone please help?

Thanks

[kokoli84]

Am I in the right forum or no one knows?

[thec0o0lest]

You sed that you've done another partition right ?
And now how many partitions you can see ?
did you check your group policy if it not hidden the HD?

[paintballkev812]

It looks like you had one partition that was around 465gb then you split it into two partitions 347gb, the one that you want to wipe and 117gb partition that has all the files you want to keep. It detects the secondary partiton but hasn't assigned it a letter. I know there is a way( maybe by right clicking or through the actions menu) to assign that a driver letter. Try that

[bhahar84]

Hi kokoli84!


It seems like your partition is not uninitialized yet. Try refer to this site on how to initialized and use the new partition:

Create a New Partition in Windows Vista

[kokoli84]

Sorry I didn't make myself clear, actually i've done all those before the problem came up, I've assigned the drive as D: and did a complete format with NTFS. Then the drive became active and that's how I move those files into the new partition. Everything seems to be fine before I restart, I also tried to open the those files in the new drive/partition and everything works great. The problem is after I restart my computer the drive just disappear!! Right now when I try to right click on it and click on "Change Drive Letter and Path", it pops up a error message saying,

"The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console view is not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If the problem persists close the Disk Management console, then restart Disk Management or restart the computer."

and of course, I tried to restart Disk Management and even restarting the computer for few times but still doesn't work.

Hopefully there are another solution for this problem. Thank you guys for answering and sorry about the confussion.

[bhahar84]

So, it means that you have lost the partition suddenly? You cannot see the partition on the My Computer too?

Try referring to this article here:

Lost partition or hard disk

[kokoli84]

Tried to use TestDisk... did everything until part G... then it said no partition was found tried with deeply search... still nothing happen... anything else i can do ?

[bhahar84]

Its still not working? I think I'll get someone expert on this to assist you then

[Deleted090308]

Hi,

Run TestDisk again, but follow the steps below:

A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>.
D. Choose Advanced > press <Enter>.
E. Choose Boot > press <Enter>.
New screen - please post back with a screenshot.



How to post a screenshot.

[kokoli84]

So after i got into <Advanced> I got this screen saying No partition available. and for some reason I can only pick this E: which is not exist on the system

[Deleted090308]

What is E:? The drive size is reported as 4.44GB.

Remove any external drive and eject CDs.

Then:

A. At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter> key.
B. Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and <Enter>.
C. Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>.
D. Select “Analyse” then <Enter>. The drive will be analysed.
E. Select “Backup” at the next screen, then <Enter>.
F. Press “Y” if the partitions were created under Vista – “N” if not.
G. Select which partition to analyse and press <P> to list any files in the partition.

[kokoli84]

thx alot everyone for helping.. i've been such a dumbass for analysing the dvd for the whole time... though it would automatically detect the HD instead it detech the DVD first and didnt show C: until i eject the disc.

THANK YOU ALL SO VERY VERY MUCH !!!!!

[Deleted090308]

So - it's fixed?

[kokoli84]

Yes it's working fine now, all I needed to do is to eject the CD from the internal DVD drive. It wouldn't show my C: until there is no disc on E:.

[Deleted090308]

I'm glad you got it fixed.