Dead drive?

gord · 12-06-2005, 09:58 PM

I have a hard drive split into three partitions. Partitions 2 and 3 are readable, but 1 is not. When I try to explore partition #1, there are a bunch of directories and files that are jumbled characters. I tried to recover the data using Spinrite, but that gave me a fatal error and would not try to examine it. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to format and zero-fill it, but I'd like to try to get some files off of it before I try that.

If Spinrite can't read it, is it gone forever or can I format it? Why is that one partition messed up but not the others? TIA.

**linderman** · 12-07-2005, 05:03 AM

your partition being messed up is not an uncommon problem / many users have suffered that problem

here is a partition fixing program that is the king of partition restoration

you must remove the - from the name I am about to give you and type it into your web broswer to go there www.p-t-d.com

I highly doubt your hard drive has suffered any permanent damage as result of this glitch.

regards

joe

gord · 12-07-2005, 08:04 PM

Thanks - worked like a charm!

12-06-2005, 09:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
gord Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 183 OS: Vista	Dead drive? I have a hard drive split into three partitions. Partitions 2 and 3 are readable, but 1 is not. When I try to explore partition #1, there are a bunch of directories and files that are jumbled characters. I tried to recover the data using Spinrite, but that gave me a fatal error and would not try to examine it. It wouldn't be the end of the world if I had to format and zero-fill it, but I'd like to try to get some files off of it before I try that. If Spinrite can't read it, is it gone forever or can I format it? Why is that one partition messed up but not the others? TIA.

12-07-2005, 05:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	your partition being messed up is not an uncommon problem / many users have suffered that problem here is a partition fixing program that is the king of partition restoration you must remove the - from the name I am about to give you and type it into your web broswer to go there www.p-t-d.com I highly doubt your hard drive has suffered any permanent damage as result of this glitch. regards joe __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial Last edited by linderman; 12-07-2005 at 05:06 AM.

12-07-2005, 08:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
gord Registered User Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 183 OS: Vista	Thanks - worked like a charm!