[SOLVED] Partition disappears with every reboot

Kenbo · 04-13-2008, 09:43 AM

one of the partitions on my 200 GB HD keeps disappearing every time I reboot the machine.I have PartitionManager and can successfully undelete it with no loss of data. but the next time I reboot.... it's gone again. I tried TestDisk, following the info in the sticky post. But It's still the same.

Any ideas?
Thanks in advance

NeGrusti · 04-15-2008, 09:06 AM

Disable Boot Sector Protection in BIOS

Kenbo · 04-19-2008, 03:22 PM

Thanks for the reply!

I checked, and it is already disabled. The partition is formated as Fat32. Someone in an IRC chat suggested converting it to NTSF. But I don't think that would have any effect on this. What do you think?

NeGrusti · 04-19-2008, 11:47 PM

Hmm...
You use Partition Manager (from Paragon?) every time to undelete the partition?
Did you try to do it with another software?

Kenbo · 04-27-2008, 11:36 AM

I tried TestDisk But had the same results

Kenbo · 06-22-2008, 08:51 AM

Hi all,
I tried out Partition Table Doctor and that did the trick.
thanks NeGrusti for the help

04-13-2008, 09:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
Kenbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4 OS: XP SP2/Linux Mint	[SOLVED] Partition disappears with every reboot one of the partitions on my 200 GB HD keeps disappearing every time I reboot the machine.I have PartitionManager and can successfully undelete it with no loss of data. but the next time I reboot.... it's gone again. I tried TestDisk, following the info in the sticky post. But It's still the same. Any ideas? Thanks in advance

04-15-2008, 09:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
NeGrusti Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 OS: Kubuntu	Re: Partition disappears with every reboot Disable Boot Sector Protection in BIOS

04-19-2008, 03:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kenbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4 OS: XP SP2/Linux Mint	Re: Partition disappears with every reboot Thanks for the reply! I checked, and it is already disabled. The partition is formated as Fat32. Someone in an IRC chat suggested converting it to NTSF. But I don't think that would have any effect on this. What do you think?

04-19-2008, 11:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
NeGrusti Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 14 OS: Kubuntu	Re: Partition disappears with every reboot Hmm... You use Partition Manager (from Paragon?) every time to undelete the partition? Did you try to do it with another software?

04-27-2008, 11:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kenbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4 OS: XP SP2/Linux Mint	Re: Partition disappears with every reboot I tried TestDisk But had the same results

06-22-2008, 08:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Kenbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4 OS: XP SP2/Linux Mint	Re: Partition disappears with every reboot Hi all, I tried out Partition Table Doctor and that did the trick. thanks NeGrusti for the help