Partition delete mistake, can i get it back?

chris c · 11-20-2006, 05:52 AM

G'day, I went to reformat my PC as I do regularly but this time I deleted the partition on my back up drive (D drive) not my OS drive (or C drive).

I didn’t reformat the D drive just pressed L when it asked too! When I reformatted my C drive and loaded win xp I could no longer see my D drive, I ran a recovery program and it found the D drive but could only recovered 1.4mg pieces and it was very slow, there must be a better way?

Can I some how do a un delete of the deleted partition?

Thanks
CC

**8210GUY** · 11-20-2006, 06:31 AM

You can edit partitions easily with partition magic, but I don't know of a free alternative at this stage, but generally speaking you can get the drive to see all it's space by using the right software, not sure about anything that was on that partition though, never been in a situation to know, but hope this helps a bit anyway.

chris c · 11-20-2006, 06:37 AM

Thanks i will look for partition magic, i dont know what a partition is anyway i just know that my D drive had like an 8mg partition for some reason? I deleted it and now nothing...anyway i will try your answer first.
Thanks.
CC

**Done_Fishin** · 11-20-2006, 07:57 AM

Your problem now is going to be "what happened" whilst you were restoring the files you recovered.

If you formatted drive D after installing windows then windows will have started to write files to the drive which COULD write over part of files that you want to recover, these being the restore files that you see on all partitions

If you haven't formatted the drive .. DON'T!! at least until you have found all the files that are recoverable.

When recovering files, care has to be taken that the files are recovered to a different drive & NOT the one where the files were lost.

If you want a good recovery program try this but be prepared to have a spare 8GB drive or free space on another drive or partition where the recovered files will be placed when being recovered.

http://www.partition-recovery.com/

recovery is slow, because of the way that files are stored on the disk. If you only wanted to recover a single file then it would be simple & fast, but when the drive has had the File allocation table removed then the recovery software must look for a filename then trace it painstakingly through the hard disk using each piece of information it finds to get the next bit of the file until the EOF (end of file) is found or the end of the disk.

Once you are happy with

dai · 11-20-2006, 11:35 AM

http://www.techsupportforum.com/hard...softwares.html

**linderman** · 11-20-2006, 04:14 PM

one of the best partition fixers I have tried is this one

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Partition_...tor_d4129.html

Sky1111 · 12-11-2006, 11:35 PM

Hello,

I recommend that you download the demo version of Partition Table Doctor
version.
( http://www.ptdd.com/download.htm ), then try the windows and DOS
version.

PS: To run Partition Table Doctor of DOS version, you can run
Partition Table Doctor under Windows, create an emergency disk and
boot from it.

Good luck!

11-20-2006, 05:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
chris c Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2 OS: xp	Partition delete mistake, can i get it back? G'day, I went to reformat my PC as I do regularly but this time I deleted the partition on my back up drive (D drive) not my OS drive (or C drive). I didn’t reformat the D drive just pressed L when it asked too! When I reformatted my C drive and loaded win xp I could no longer see my D drive, I ran a recovery program and it found the D drive but could only recovered 1.4mg pieces and it was very slow, there must be a better way? Can I some how do a un delete of the deleted partition? Thanks CC

11-20-2006, 07:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 7,271 OS: WinME, WinXP Pro SP3, Win7 Beta, Ubuntu 9.04 & Netbook Remix & CD2USB, Mepis 6.5, Fedora 10 My System	Your problem now is going to be "what happened" whilst you were restoring the files you recovered. If you formatted drive D after installing windows then windows will have started to write files to the drive which COULD write over part of files that you want to recover, these being the restore files that you see on all partitions If you haven't formatted the drive .. DON'T!! at least until you have found all the files that are recoverable. When recovering files, care has to be taken that the files are recovered to a different drive & NOT the one where the files were lost. If you want a good recovery program try this but be prepared to have a spare 8GB drive or free space on another drive or partition where the recovered files will be placed when being recovered. http://www.partition-recovery.com/ recovery is slow, because of the way that files are stored on the disk. If you only wanted to recover a single file then it would be simple & fast, but when the drive has had the File allocation table removed then the recovery software must look for a filename then trace it painstakingly through the hard disk using each piece of information it finds to get the next bit of the file until the EOF (end of file) is found or the end of the disk. Once you are happy with __________________ . . I'm not old!! I'm age impaired .. D_F I DON'T PLAY GAMES How to mark your thread as solved HDD DIAG UTILS TSF's Photographer's Corner

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11-20-2006, 04:14 PM	#6 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,402 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	one of the best partition fixers I have tried is this one http://www.majorgeeks.com/Partition_...tor_d4129.html __________________ Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day ! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

11-20-2006, 06:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
8210GUY TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,558 OS: xp Pro	You can edit partitions easily with partition magic, but I don't know of a free alternative at this stage, but generally speaking you can get the drive to see all it's space by using the right software, not sure about anything that was on that partition though, never been in a situation to know, but hope this helps a bit anyway.

11-20-2006, 06:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
chris c Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 2 OS: xp	Thanks i will look for partition magic, i dont know what a partition is anyway i just know that my D drive had like an 8mg partition for some reason? I deleted it and now nothing...anyway i will try your answer first. Thanks. CC

12-11-2006, 11:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sky1111 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Hello, I recommend that you download the demo version of Partition Table Doctor version. ( http://www.ptdd.com/download.htm ), then try the windows and DOS version. PS: To run Partition Table Doctor of DOS version, you can run Partition Table Doctor under Windows, create an emergency disk and boot from it. Good luck!