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Old 09-21-2008, 01:36 AM   #1 (permalink)
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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.

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Old 09-30-2008, 01:04 AM   #2 (permalink)
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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
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