fdisk

over60plus · 11-07-2009, 09:06 AM

Having a problem with my system formatted no problem but then I ran fdisk somewhere along the way I lost everything must have selected the wrong option any help i would be very grateful.

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 11:06 AM

So what exactly are you now trying to do? You can simply partition and format to get the drive usable again.

over60plus · 11-07-2009, 12:03 PM

thank you for your prompt reply I seem to have lost all drives sorry i am a bit vague wished I had not done it

Dogg · 11-07-2009, 12:30 PM

Sounds like you have 1 HDD that has multiple partitions. In any case, have you tried the sticky at the top of the page?

Have you "lost" a hard drive, partition or files in your computer?

over60plus · 11-08-2009, 03:09 AM

It is now showing HDD UNKNOWN do I need to go to my BIOS settings to manually seach for it?

Dogg · 11-11-2009, 07:44 AM

Is the drive recognized by the BIOS? Is the drive recognized by Disk Management (Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Storage - Disk Management)? If it's in Disk Management, what is the status of the drive?

11-07-2009, 09:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
over60plus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5 OS: VISTA	fdisk Having a problem with my system formatted no problem but then I ran fdisk somewhere along the way I lost everything must have selected the wrong option any help i would be very grateful.

11-07-2009, 11:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: fdisk So what exactly are you now trying to do? You can simply partition and format to get the drive usable again. __________________ Google is your friend !

11-07-2009, 12:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
over60plus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5 OS: VISTA	Re: fdisk thank you for your prompt reply I seem to have lost all drives sorry i am a bit vague wished I had not done it

11-07-2009, 12:30 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: fdisk Sounds like you have 1 HDD that has multiple partitions. In any case, have you tried the sticky at the top of the page? Have you "lost" a hard drive, partition or files in your computer? __________________ Google is your friend !

11-08-2009, 03:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
over60plus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 5 OS: VISTA	Re: fdisk It is now showing HDD UNKNOWN do I need to go to my BIOS settings to manually seach for it?

11-11-2009, 07:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,965 OS: XP sp3	Re: fdisk Is the drive recognized by the BIOS? Is the drive recognized by Disk Management (Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Storage - Disk Management)? If it's in Disk Management, what is the status of the drive? __________________ Google is your friend !