Missing HD partitions

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I recently attempted to resize the partitions on my HD, but use
Partition Magic 8 which I found out later to be incompatible with m
Vista x64. Now two of my partitions are missing(D: and F. They show u
as primary partitions in Vista's Disk manager, but I can't restore the
as drives

I had a brief look around on this site, but couldn't find a suitabl
solutio

This guy had a similar proble
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-instal...html#post75603

This guy was trying to do what I need to do, but no solution was poste
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...html#post29067

I've tried using Active File Recovery for Windows, but all I can d
with that is save an image of the missing partition

and yes... I'm an idiot for trying to use PM8 with Vista..

--
charred

> PartitionRecovery is freeware and written by TOKIWA to recover the
> partition deleted accidentally, which means it can restore the files and
> folders in the deleted partition.
> Compatible operating systems
>
> * Windows2000/XP/Vista
>
> Key-features
>
> * NTFS and FAT32 supported
> * simple and instructive UI
> * neither installation nor DLLs is needed
> * Windows Vista supported
>
> How to use
>
> You can understand it intuitively through simple UI and balloon tips.
> So there is no need for instructions. Also you can update
> PartitionRecovery to new version if available through "Version info" of
> system menu.

'PartitionRecovery' (http://tokiwa.qee.jp/EN/PartitionRecovery)


--
Ultimate User

Nope that doesn't work

Comes up with "Could not find boot sector" for both the missing drives


--
charred

Delete the partitions that are there. Create new partitions and make certain
that they are formatted.

The partitions are likely corrupted beyond recovery by using a partitioning
program that does not understand the current NTFS file system. Acronis Disk
Director does and works fine.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience



"charred" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> hey
>
> I recently attempted to resize the partitions on my HD, but used
> Partition Magic 8 which I found out later to be incompatible with my
> Vista x64. Now two of my partitions are missing(D: and F. They show up
> as primary partitions in Vista's Disk manager, but I can't restore them
> as drives.
>
> I had a brief look around on this site, but couldn't find a suitable
> solution
>
> This guy had a similar problem
> http://www.vistax64.com/vista-instal...tml#post756036
>
> This guy was trying to do what I need to do, but no solution was posted
> http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...tml#post290674
>
> I've tried using Active File Recovery for Windows, but all I can do
> with that is save an image of the missing partition.
>
> and yes... I'm an idiot for trying to use PM8 with Vista...
>
>
> --
> charred

hmm should i delete it using Vista's Disk manager?

I don't want to go and purchase software for this one-off fix


--
charred

charred wrote:
> hmm should i delete it using Vista's Disk manager?
>
> I don't want to go and purchase software for this one-off fix
>
>
Some of the Hard Disk manufacturers provide very good disk managers that
you can download for free. You don't say what brand you have, but check
online.

Its a Western Digital 1TB H

Their site only offers a list of approved data recovery services tha
won't void the warranty. Both Australian ones are in Queensland, but I'
in New South Wales

--
charred

Since I couldn't find a solution, I went for a full format-reinstall...
after backing up all the important stuff onto an external hard drive.


Moral of the story:
Check compatibility before using a program that can mess with your
system...



Though I guess I did get to resize my partitions as I'd originally
wanted...


--
charred

On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:17:59 -0500, charred <>
wrote:

>Since I couldn't find a solution, I went for a full format-reinstall...
>after backing up all the important stuff onto an external hard drive.
>
>
>Moral of the story:
>Check compatibility before using a program that can mess with your
>system...

Or have a good backup strategy and consistently stick to it. If you
had backed up your entire system to another internal drive or to
external media, you wouln't have had to do that.

And you wouldn't have had to reinstall everything after installing
Vista.