HardDrive Lost File System

immortali · 05-04-2006, 03:19 PM

Hi,
Yesterday I error-checked my hard-disk D:\ with the Windows Xp Error-Checking (while pre-loading Windows) and by mistake i pressed restart. Now the harddisk seems to have been corrupted - in the Disk Management the harddisk is shown as unallocated space and that it is not online. I tried to recover my files through Getdataback yet there was no file system available.

How can I rebuild the file system so that my data can be copied to another harddisk?
Is there a way to recover the hard disk without formatting?

Thanks,
Immortali

immortali · 05-05-2006, 09:35 AM

This is the image that shows in the Disk Management

**linderman** · 05-05-2006, 10:30 AM

Hello:

I must be up front with you; if Getdataback can not revive your files the chances are not good.

If this recovery utility can not get the job done >> it aint gonna happen

I think this software lets you scan and "see" if it will help before you buy (if my memory serves me correctly >> I have played with soooo many of them the details about them gets blurry)
http://www.p-t-d-d.com/ (******) ***attn: you must manually enter that web address and remove the hypens; that site got censored for spamming us; but its great software.

immortali · 05-10-2006, 01:59 AM

Hi, I managed to retreive all the files. What I did is I loaded up linux, and made the harddisk as NTFS and... tada.... the hard disk was back with all the files. Getdataback couldn't find any filesystem because the filesystem got corrupted. All I needed to do is to tell the computer that that hard disk has an NTFS file system.
Apparently but the problem wasn't from the Hard Disk actually, I ran some tests and the CPU stress test failed... therefore it's time for me to buy a new CPU...

Thanks everyone for your help,
GPG

**linderman** · 05-10-2006, 03:48 AM

well done; nice appraoch !!

05-04-2006, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
immortali Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malta Posts: 30 OS: Windows Vista X86 Ultimate	HardDrive Lost File System Hi, Yesterday I error-checked my hard-disk D:\ with the Windows Xp Error-Checking (while pre-loading Windows) and by mistake i pressed restart. Now the harddisk seems to have been corrupted - in the Disk Management the harddisk is shown as unallocated space and that it is not online. I tried to recover my files through Getdataback yet there was no file system available. How can I rebuild the file system so that my data can be copied to another harddisk? Is there a way to recover the hard disk without formatting? Thanks, Immortali

05-05-2006, 10:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,441 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Hello: I must be up front with you; if Getdataback can not revive your files the chances are not good. If this recovery utility can not get the job done >> it aint gonna happen I think this software lets you scan and "see" if it will help before you buy (if my memory serves me correctly >> I have played with soooo many of them the details about them gets blurry) http://www.p-t-d-d.com/ (****) attn: you must manually enter that web address and remove the hypens; that site got censored for spamming us; but its great software. __________________ 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

05-10-2006, 03:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,441 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	well done; nice appraoch !! __________________ 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

05-10-2006, 01:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
immortali Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malta Posts: 30 OS: Windows Vista X86 Ultimate	Hi, I managed to retreive all the files. What I did is I loaded up linux, and made the harddisk as NTFS and... tada.... the hard disk was back with all the files. Getdataback couldn't find any filesystem because the filesystem got corrupted. All I needed to do is to tell the computer that that hard disk has an NTFS file system. Apparently but the problem wasn't from the Hard Disk actually, I ran some tests and the CPU stress test failed... therefore it's time for me to buy a new CPU... Thanks everyone for your help, GPG