lost half partision Help!

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allan

Hi
Last night I was downloading something.When the file was home it took a
little while my pc went nuts.Spywarewarnings and my browser kept opening
with different sites I never seen before.Tried to run the antispyware I
had and anti virus and everything I could think of.
Well I could not get it in order so I decided to run Ghost and get back
my system as it was when I ghosted it.
Anyhow after restarting my D drive was gone And that's about 1/3 of my
first hard drive.I have two installed.The first one was partitioned in C
and D.C's about 80gb and D was 40.And I cant see D from my xp
installation no more.But if I start with the Ghost diskette in the drive
I can see it.And when I run dos I can see the lost drive as well.
Do someone have any ideas how to make D visible from my operation system
again.I'm not to happy with 40 gb missing.Its a lot of space
regards
al
 
allan said:
Last night I was downloading something.When the file was home it took a little
while my pc went nuts.Spywarewarnings and my browser kept opening with
different sites I never seen before.
Tried to run the antispyware I had and anti virus and everything I could think
of. Well I could not get it in order so I decided to run Ghost and get back my
system as it was when I ghosted it.
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Anyhow after restarting my D drive was gone And that's about 1/3 of my first
hard drive.I have two installed.The first one was partitioned
in C and D.C's about 80gb and D was 40.And I cant see D from my xp
installation no more.But if I start with the Ghost diskette in the
drive I can see it. And when I run dos I can see the lost drive as well.
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That basically means that whatever it is has corrupted
the basic file system structures enough so that XP
doesnt like it, but not enough that dos doesnt like it.

Can you see the files properly when using dos ?
Do someone have any ideas how to make D visible from my operation
system again. I'm not to happy with 40 gb missing. Its a lot of space
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If you can see ALL the files on it properly, you should be able
to copy them off it at the dos level, format that partition again
and just copy them back. There may well be significant corruption
of the files in that partition tho, that is almost certain.

If you dont care about the files in the old
D partition, just format it at the XP level
or create a new partition in that space if
XP decides that its just free space.
 
That basically means that whatever it is has corrupted
the basic file system structures enough so that XP
doesnt like it, but not enough that dos doesnt like it.

Can you see the files properly when using dos ?




If you can see ALL the files on it properly, you should be able
to copy them off it at the dos level, format that partition again
and just copy them back. There may well be significant corruption
of the files in that partition tho, that is almost certain.

If you dont care about the files in the old
D partition, just format it at the XP level
or create a new partition in that space if
XP decides that its just free space.
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Yes I can see all them files when using dos.But how do ya mean?
I can copy them over to the other drive but then?
You mean to format and reinstall XP again and make new partitions
during that.Or I can format and making new partitions from
fdisk.That should be alright,dont ya think.
have a nice day
al
 
Yes I can see all them files when using dos.But how do ya mean?
I can copy them over to the other drive but then?
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Just format that D partition again using XP and then copy
the files back from whereever you put them temporarily.

If XP cant even see the D partition and just shows free space
where the D partition used to be, just create a new partition there
and tell XP to use all the free space for it using Disk Management.
You mean to format and reinstall XP again
Nope.

and make new partitions during that.
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Nope, from within the exiting XP using Disk Management.
Or I can format and making new partitions from fdisk.
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Yes, you can go that route, but you dont need to use it.
The XP Disk Management system is a lot easier to use.
That should be alright,dont ya think.
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Yes, but XP DM is rather easier.
 
Yes, but XP DM is rather easier.
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Hello again.
I tried the disk management method as far as opening it up and see what
disk information I could gather.The problem seems to be that the D cant
be seen from there and I guess that it leaves me with the fdisk option.
Thanks a lot for given me ideas though I'm very greatful
regards
al
 
I tried the disk management method as far as opening it up and see
what disk information I could gather.The problem seems to be that the
D cant be seen from there and I guess that it leaves me with the fdisk option.
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No it doesnt, either the partition is visible altho unformatted
or there is free space there. Either way, you can just format
it now or create a partition and format that. No need for fdisk.
 
allan wrote...
... so I decided to run Ghost and get back
my system as it was when I ghosted it.
Anyhow after restarting my D drive was gone And that's about 1/3 of my
first hard drive.I have two installed.The first one was partitioned in C
and D.C's about 80gb and D was 40.And I cant see D from my xp
installation no more.But if I start with the Ghost diskette in the drive
I can see it.And when I run dos I can see the lost drive as well.
Click to expand...

So on XP:
- Explorer cannot see partition D
- Cmd prompt can cd to D:

Right?

Try open disk manager on XP.
( Control Panel -> Admin Tool -> Computer Management -> Disk Manager).

Can Disk Manager see the partition D ?
 
Rod said:
No it doesnt, either the partition is visible altho unformatted
or there is free space there. Either way, you can just format
it now or create a partition and format that. No need for fdisk.
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Yes you might be right and I just found out that it is visible it just
changed letter to J.Guess I will try it out as you mention but right now
I'm expecting some important mail so I will leave it for a few days.
Thanks again
al
 
Harry said:
allan wrote...




So on XP:
- Explorer cannot see partition D
- Cmd prompt can cd to D:

Right?

Try open disk manager on XP.
( Control Panel -> Admin Tool -> Computer Management -> Disk Manager).

Can Disk Manager see the partition D ?
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It just changed drive name to J.
And I will leave it for a little while until I get the time and sort it
out.
Thanks for the help
Al
 
allan wrote...
It just changed drive name to J.
And I will leave it for a little while until I get the time and sort it
out.
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If Disk Manager (on XP) can see the drive, it might be that the problem
is -- only Windows explorer cannot display the drive letter (D or J).

You may try using the NT4's File Manager (winfile.exe), or use
a 3rd party explorer called "PowerDesk".
 
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