SATA HDD 1 of 4 NTFS partitions lost

goyalvimal · 09-21-2008, 12:36 AM

I have two HDD installed in my PC using Window XP. Seconday SATA HDD 512 GB had 4 NTFS Partitions, now 3 partitions are working and one has been lost. When I click on the lost partition, it asks for formatting which I have not done again as I have my data therein.

Someone tells me Table of contents may have been lost. When I go to Disk Management, 3 working partitions show NTFS against their name, but lost partition does not show NTFS name. When I go to properties of lost partition, it shows used space 0, free space 0.

I do not think there was any virus attack. However, when electric supply was down, UPS power exhausted and maybe PC was forcibly shut off with a jerk when the lost HDD drive was open.

What should I do to retrieve my data from lost partition : is there some programme or utility to make the lost partition functioning again with all the data intact.

**blah789** · 09-30-2008, 12:04 AM

Ack! you double posted! Anyway I kind of understand since you didn't get any answer for a whole week.
Here's a link to the other thread (with my reply in it) in case you're still tuned to this one
SATA HDD 1 of 4 NTFS partitions lost

09-21-2008, 12:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
goyalvimal Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 OS: xp	SATA HDD 1 of 4 NTFS partitions lost I have two HDD installed in my PC using Window XP. Seconday SATA HDD 512 GB had 4 NTFS Partitions, now 3 partitions are working and one has been lost. When I click on the lost partition, it asks for formatting which I have not done again as I have my data therein. Someone tells me Table of contents may have been lost. When I go to Disk Management, 3 working partitions show NTFS against their name, but lost partition does not show NTFS name. When I go to properties of lost partition, it shows used space 0, free space 0. I do not think there was any virus attack. However, when electric supply was down, UPS power exhausted and maybe PC was forcibly shut off with a jerk when the lost HDD drive was open. What should I do to retrieve my data from lost partition : is there some programme or utility to make the lost partition functioning again with all the data intact. Last edited by goyalvimal; 09-21-2008 at 12:46 AM. Reason: Additional info

09-30-2008, 12:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,874 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: SATA HDD 1 of 4 NTFS partitions lost Ack! you double posted! Anyway I kind of understand since you didn't get any answer for a whole week. Here's a link to the other thread (with my reply in it) in case you're still tuned to this one SATA HDD 1 of 4 NTFS partitions lost