Guest gsgs Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 I installed a second harddisk as slave on the computer under windows XP, then booted , a window opens on the bottom-bar saying "new hardware found" ... but after a minute or such the window closes again. And not only can't I see the 2nd HD, but all partitions on the first HD except c: are gone ! I had c:,d:,e:,and f: before on that 1st HD. is it possible to get the partitions d:,e:,f: back ?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 21, 2007 Posted September 21, 2007 Re: installed 2nd HD ==> partitions gone "gsgs" <sterten@aol.com> wrote in message news:1190386624.128340.47530@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... >I installed a second harddisk as slave on the computer under windows > XP, > then booted , a window opens on the bottom-bar > saying "new hardware found" ... but after a minute or such the window > closes again. > > And not only can't I see the 2nd HD, but all partitions > on the first HD except c: are gone ! > > I had c:,d:,e:,and f: before on that 1st HD. > > is it possible to get the partitions d:,e:,f: back ? > - What makes you think they are gone? - What does the program diskmgmt.msc report? - What do you see when you run mountvol.exe? You can invoke these two programs from a Command Prompt: Click Start / Run / cmd{OK}, then type the above command names.
Guest gsgs Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Re: installed 2nd HD ==> partitions gone On 21 Sep., 17:38, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > "gsgs" <ster...@aol.com> wrote in message > > news:1190386624.128340.47530@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > >I installed a second harddisk as slave on the computer under windows > > XP, > > then booted , a window opens on the bottom-bar > > saying "new hardware found" ... but after a minute or such the window > > closes again. > > > And not only can't I see the 2nd HD, but all partitions > > on the first HD except c: are gone ! > > > I had c:,d:,e:,and f: before on that 1st HD. > > > is it possible to get the partitions d:,e:,f: back ? > > - What makes you think they are gone? > - What does the program diskmgmt.msc report? > - What do you see when you run mountvol.exe? > > You can invoke these two programs from a Command > Prompt: Click Start / Run / cmd{OK}, then type the > above command names. OK, thanks. diskmgmt.msc shows only c: , floppy and CD. Only one partition NFTS mountvol shows: Erstellt, l"scht oder listet einen Volumebereitstellungspunkt auf. MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path VolumeName MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path /D MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path /L Pfad Gibt das (bereits vorhandene) NTFS-Verzeichnis an, auf dem der Bereitstellungspunkt eingerichtet werden soll. Volumename Gibt den Namen des bereitzustellenden Volumes an. /D L"scht den Bereitstellungspunkt vom angegebenen Verzeichnis. /L Zeigt den Namen des bereitgestellten Volumes f�r das angegebene Verzeichnis an. M"gliche Werte f�r VolumeName mit aktuellen Bereitstellungspunkten: \\?\Volume{acd73726-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ C:\ \\?\Volume{acd7371f-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ H:\ \\?\Volume{acd7371e-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ A:\ \\?\Volume{e664a756-6771-11dc-9c6d-004854120abe}\ D:\ A: is floppy disk H: is CD-ROM D: is USB-stick I'm hesitant to experiment too much, because the old partitions could still be there in a hidden state, but might get destroyed.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Re: installed 2nd HD ==> partitions gone "gsgs" <sterten@aol.com> wrote in message news:1190454991.265767.135800@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com... On 21 Sep., 17:38, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com> wrote: > "gsgs" <ster...@aol.com> wrote in message > > news:1190386624.128340.47530@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... > > >I installed a second harddisk as slave on the computer under windows > > XP, > > then booted , a window opens on the bottom-bar > > saying "new hardware found" ... but after a minute or such the window > > closes again. > > > And not only can't I see the 2nd HD, but all partitions > > on the first HD except c: are gone ! > > > I had c:,d:,e:,and f: before on that 1st HD. > > > is it possible to get the partitions d:,e:,f: back ? > > - What makes you think they are gone? > - What does the program diskmgmt.msc report? > - What do you see when you run mountvol.exe? > > You can invoke these two programs from a Command > Prompt: Click Start / Run / cmd{OK}, then type the > above command names. OK, thanks. diskmgmt.msc shows only c: , floppy and CD. Only one partition NFTS mountvol shows: Erstellt, l"scht oder listet einen Volumebereitstellungspunkt auf. MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path VolumeName MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path /D MOUNTVOL [Laufwerk:]path /L Pfad Gibt das (bereits vorhandene) NTFS-Verzeichnis an, auf dem der Bereitstellungspunkt eingerichtet werden soll. Volumename Gibt den Namen des bereitzustellenden Volumes an. /D L"scht den Bereitstellungspunkt vom angegebenen Verzeichnis. /L Zeigt den Namen des bereitgestellten Volumes f�r das angegebene Verzeichnis an. M"gliche Werte f�r VolumeName mit aktuellen Bereitstellungspunkten: \\?\Volume{acd73726-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ C:\ \\?\Volume{acd7371f-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ H:\ \\?\Volume{acd7371e-7322-11da-89ef-806d6172696f}\ A:\ \\?\Volume{e664a756-6771-11dc-9c6d-004854120abe}\ D:\ A: is floppy disk H: is CD-ROM D: is USB-stick I'm hesitant to experiment too much, because the old partitions could still be there in a hidden state, but might get destroyed. ================= It is quite extraordinary that your partitions should disappear after installing a second disk. I have literally done this hundreds of times and I never experienced anything like this. As you say, there is a good chance that the partitions might still be there and that the partition table got corrupted. One of these programs might help you resolve the problem: http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm (to restore NTFS partitions) http://www.hddrecovery.com.au http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz http://www.runtime.org/ (GetDataBack - has a trial version) http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecoverysecdownload.html http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html http://www.acronis.com (RecoveryExpert) Some time ago I tested RecoveryExpert by deliberately deleting a partition, then restoring it. It worked well. Falls Du auf den unsichtbaren Partitionen unersetzliche Daten hast, wäre dies ein guter Zeitpunkt, deine Backup-Strategie neu zu überdenken. Wichtige Daten dürfen nie bloss auf einem Träger gespeichert werden. Eine 2.5" Festplatte in einem externen USB-Gehäuse kostet nicht viel und eignet sich ausgezeichnet zum Sichern von wichtigen Daten.
Guest gsgs Posted September 22, 2007 Posted September 22, 2007 Re: installed 2nd HD ==> partitions gone well, your hundredths of times were probably always in similar situations, similar environments. My experience is much worse. 30% failure rate with new hardware, I guestimate. But usually it doesn't destroy existing hardware or software. Maybe the other partitions were other FAT or such ? Also, the former previous 2nd HD at g: damaged badly, loud noise,no access. When it was removed everything was good in c: e: f: until I installed the new HD. Maybe the software was confused by this ?! I tried some such recovery-programs - no success. About 10000 files in about 2000 directories are still missing, there is probably a backup, but some months old. It's a friend's computer, I already spent some hours on this ... I give it one more hour, then I give up.
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