Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment

hushamahmad · 07-18-2009, 12:10 PM

Okay lets see if anyone can solve this:

Suddenly i have lost accessibility to all my partitions except C.

My partitions does show in 'My Computer' but i can only open C and F. The partitions D and E ask me to format it when i click them, and even when i click yes they give me an error of 'could not be formatted'.

The problem with F drive is that it does open but all my data in that drive seems to have been corrupted and is not accessible.

My C drive is working perfectly fine on which there is windows.

I even tried to boot with WIndows XP CD to go and repair, but it gives me error to insert disk.

I can't see my partitions in disk management, but my hard drive is certainly there in device manager.

I have tried chkdsk. i installed the software Partition magic, but whenever i open it. It gives me an error that 'drive letter could not be identified' and closes.
I also tried Partition Doctor 3. It did install but it fails to open. :S
All of my other softwares running from C are fine.
And i have an antivirus AVG. I have also scanned my pc in safemode but to no effect. Help me out here guys !

TyDeacon · 07-18-2009, 12:30 PM

Have you tried Defragmenting the drive or running Disk Cleanup?

hushamahmad · 07-18-2009, 12:40 PM

I have tried Disk Cleanup. it runs perfectly for C drive. While it does not do anything for F as if there is no data in it. While for D and E. it gives an error that the drive is not inserted.

hushamahmad · 07-18-2009, 12:45 PM

Disk DeFragmenter only shows C and F partitions. C won't defragment as it gives an error 'could not start' when i press Analyze. While Analyze for F completes sponatenously as if there is no data in it.

**raptor_pa** · 07-18-2009, 03:21 PM

Try test_disk sounds like a corrupt partition tabel. How many partitions are on this physical disk?

07-18-2009, 12:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
hushamahmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Xp	Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment Okay lets see if anyone can solve this: Suddenly i have lost accessibility to all my partitions except C. My partitions does show in 'My Computer' but i can only open C and F. The partitions D and E ask me to format it when i click them, and even when i click yes they give me an error of 'could not be formatted'. The problem with F drive is that it does open but all my data in that drive seems to have been corrupted and is not accessible. My C drive is working perfectly fine on which there is windows. I even tried to boot with WIndows XP CD to go and repair, but it gives me error to insert disk. I can't see my partitions in disk management, but my hard drive is certainly there in device manager. I have tried chkdsk. i installed the software Partition magic, but whenever i open it. It gives me an error that 'drive letter could not be identified' and closes. I also tried Partition Doctor 3. It did install but it fails to open. :S All of my other softwares running from C are fine. And i have an antivirus AVG. I have also scanned my pc in safemode but to no effect. Help me out here guys !

07-18-2009, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
TyDeacon Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287 OS: XP	Re: Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment Have you tried Defragmenting the drive or running Disk Cleanup? __________________ Tyler Deacon A+ Certified Network+ Certified

07-18-2009, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
hushamahmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Xp	Re: Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment I have tried Disk Cleanup. it runs perfectly for C drive. While it does not do anything for F as if there is no data in it. While for D and E. it gives an error that the drive is not inserted.

07-18-2009, 12:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
hushamahmad Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Xp	Re: Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment Disk DeFragmenter only shows C and F partitions. C won't defragment as it gives an error 'could not start' when i press Analyze. While Analyze for F completes sponatenously as if there is no data in it.

07-18-2009, 03:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,821 OS: XP	Re: Have lost all my partitions except C and they won't show up in Disk Managment Try test_disk sounds like a corrupt partition tabel. How many partitions are on this physical disk? __________________