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Partition n data missing. Pls help me!

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by chew29

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Guys,
I was running my pc one day and OS-Win98 suddenly crashed.I was able to reboot it but after it started, all my partitions are missing except for C drive.I've used Partition Magic v7.0 to partition my drives before.Could that be the culprit?How can I retrieve all my data that are saved in other partitions?I've tried checking Powerquest website but it led to nowhere.Is there another tool that I can seek to solve this issue?Or are my data loss permanently?

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by dmiles

It is very unlikely that the partitioning software caused the system crash.

Insert the Windows startup disk in A:drive and boot computer,at command prompt type Fdsik,use option four or five to view drive,check to see if the drives are still there.

You may want to try slaving the drive in another system,and transfer the data to a good drive,or review TechRepublic 200 ways to save a hard drive.
There is also norton disk doctor that could be an option.

Depending on the importance of the data,you may have deleted the data performing a task and the data will be lost.

by chew29

Tried before -Fdisk showed only 1 partition - primary C drive.Putting in anoher system showed that the whole hard disk is unformatted but Win98 OS still existed.Nortion Disk Doctor indicate that disk is fine-no bad sector.

by rcom

I recently went through a simular situation and lost all the data on my hard drive. The fat table became totally corrupt rendering the drive unable to see any partitions at all. Yikes! Anyway I got a recovery program called R-Studio that allowed me to see everything that's ever been on the drive. I could have restored it but decided to reload then restore files as needed. My computer had never been formatted since win 3.11 so it was about time to get a clean start. Anyway the demo version will allow you to see what's on the drive first before buying ($79.00 US). You'll need to put the drive into another computer with windows installed. View the contents of the drive in an explorer type of interface.

www.r-tt.com

by zlitocook

This may not work so back up any info you can first. Use a Win95 boot disk, if you dont have one you can down load it off the web. Boot to it and type in format /mbr if that dont work try running scandisk from it. Windows keeps several copys of the fat table and scan disk will let you use another copy if one is bad.

by dpsethi

I've successfully recovered data from deleted partitions for my clients with Ontracks Easy recovery prof software. The trick is to plug out your hard drive and insert it as a slave hard drive in a functioning computer and then start the software from the functioning computer. Tell Easy recovery to scan the damaged hard drive and it shall do the job of showing you all the data from the damaged/deleted partition. Select the data and save it on the functioning hard drive. Now, from where to get the software for free?. If you are a Kazaa or Imesh user then you probably can download full version for some user who has shared it for others OR buy it from www.ontrack.com. good luck

by marcelg

The answer on slaving the hard drive is my choise, it works for us. This also allows you to transfer the data. Wish you Luck.

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