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Harddrive recovery
Hello everyone,
First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The second one is a harddrive for all my other things, the size is 80Gb. That harddrive containt 4 partitions of somewhere arround 20Gb each. This second harddrive is the problem. Something went terribly wrong during a crash and now Windows says the drive is 'unformatted'. The partitions are no longer viewable. In the bios the size of the harddrive isn't correct. The actual size is 80Gb but the bios says somewhere arround 31Gb. With EasyRecovery Pro I managed to get a little more information which have shown that, from the 31Gb, 1 partition (of 20Gb) is still intact and I am able to recover all the data on that partition. The rest of the space is 'unindentified'. I also have a logfile of partition magic, you can view it he http://www.xs4all.nl/~bjborsje/diskinfo.txt. My feeling is that all the data is on the harddrive, but that somehow the partition tables are messed up. I hope there is a way to make this all work again. I hope I'm not bothering anyone with this post, it just that I'm a total dummie if it comes to this kind of complicated problems. I'm just very worried that I might not be able to get to my other partitions. |
as far as i can see from the logfile the total drive size seems to be the
main problem. i think the first problem should either be the recognition of the drive in bios (as 80GB) or to disable the drive in bios completely and try again under xp/2000, as they use special drivers to access the hdd and do not need bios recognition. you could also use ibm dft and see what it displays, you dont need bios recognition there either. as far as i can see from the logfile the total drive size seems to be the main problem. "Jethro" wrote in message m... Hello everyone, First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The second one is a harddrive for all my other things, the size is 80Gb. That harddrive containt 4 partitions of somewhere arround 20Gb each. This second harddrive is the problem. Something went terribly wrong during a crash and now Windows says the drive is 'unformatted'. The partitions are no longer viewable. In the bios the size of the harddrive isn't correct. The actual size is 80Gb but the bios says somewhere arround 31Gb. With EasyRecovery Pro I managed to get a little more information which have shown that, from the 31Gb, 1 partition (of 20Gb) is still intact and I am able to recover all the data on that partition. The rest of the space is 'unindentified'. I also have a logfile of partition magic, you can view it he http://www.xs4all.nl/~bjborsje/diskinfo.txt. My feeling is that all the data is on the harddrive, but that somehow the partition tables are messed up. I hope there is a way to make this all work again. I hope I'm not bothering anyone with this post, it just that I'm a total dummie if it comes to this kind of complicated problems. I'm just very worried that I might not be able to get to my other partitions. |
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Zvi Netiv wrote:
(Jethro) wrote: First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The second one is a harddrive for all my other things, the size is 80Gb. That harddrive containt 4 partitions of somewhere arround 20Gb each. This second harddrive is the problem. Something went terribly wrong during a crash and now Windows says the drive is 'unformatted'. The partitions are no longer viewable. In the bios the size of the harddrive isn't correct. The actual size is 80Gb but the bios says somewhere arround 31Gb. With EasyRecovery Pro I managed to get a little more information which have shown that, from the 31Gb, 1 partition (of 20Gb) is still intact and I am able to recover all the data on that partition. The rest of the space is 'unindentified'. I also have a logfile of partition magic, you can view it he http://www.xs4all.nl/~bjborsje/diskinfo.txt. My feeling is that all the data is on the harddrive, but that somehow the partition tables are messed up. I hope there is a way to make this all work again. The problem lies he ================================================== ===================== Partition Information for Disk 2: 32,247.7 Megabytes Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects ================================================== ===================== Type 42 Pri 32,247.7 0 0 0 66,043,215 Seems that the drive not being recognized as 80 GB is caused by the bad partition table in the MBR and the drive setting in the setup being on AUTO. You could try the following procedu Download RESQ from http://resq.co.il/resq.php and prepare the rescue floppy by running the download file on a PC that runs under Win98. If you have no access to such PC then prepare the FreeDOS boot floppy from our site by aid of MakeResQ, from http://resq.co.il/resq.php Sorry, bad link: should be http://http://resq.co.il/iv_tools.php Boot the problem PC from the floppy made, then from the A: prompt and the RESQ floppy, run RESQDISK /KILL /2 This will put zeros in the partition table of the second drive without affecting anything else. Reboot the PC from the floppy and see if the BIOS now detects the drive with the correct size. From the A: drive, run now RESQDISK /ASSESS /2 RESQDISK will scan the second drive for partitions and configuration data and will prepare a report named A:\RESQDISK.RPT (leave the floppy write enabled to save the report). Post the report here (it's a plain text file) and I should be able to instruct how to complete the recovery. Regards, Zvi -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL http://invircible.com InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities E-mail sent in reply to this post will not be considered private and will be answered in the newsgroup. Top posting is not appreciated! |
I had a similar problem on 2 drives at once. Windows did no recognize the
drives anymore. I used EZ Recovery Pro and it worked great. It got the data back intact in total! "Zvi Netiv" wrote in message ... Zvi Netiv wrote: (Jethro) wrote: First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The second one is a harddrive for all my other things, the size is 80Gb. That harddrive containt 4 partitions of somewhere arround 20Gb each. This second harddrive is the problem. Something went terribly wrong during a crash and now Windows says the drive is 'unformatted'. The partitions are no longer viewable. In the bios the size of the harddrive isn't correct. The actual size is 80Gb but the bios says somewhere arround 31Gb. With EasyRecovery Pro I managed to get a little more information which have shown that, from the 31Gb, 1 partition (of 20Gb) is still intact and I am able to recover all the data on that partition. The rest of the space is 'unindentified'. I also have a logfile of partition magic, you can view it he http://www.xs4all.nl/~bjborsje/diskinfo.txt. My feeling is that all the data is on the harddrive, but that somehow the partition tables are messed up. I hope there is a way to make this all work again. The problem lies he ================================================== ===================== Partition Information for Disk 2: 32,247.7 Megabytes Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects ================================================== ===================== Type 42 Pri 32,247.7 0 0 0 66,043,215 Seems that the drive not being recognized as 80 GB is caused by the bad partition table in the MBR and the drive setting in the setup being on AUTO. You could try the following procedu Download RESQ from http://resq.co.il/resq.php and prepare the rescue floppy by running the download file on a PC that runs under Win98. If you have no access to such PC then prepare the FreeDOS boot floppy from our site by aid of MakeResQ, from http://resq.co.il/resq.php Sorry, bad link: should be http://http://resq.co.il/iv_tools.php Boot the problem PC from the floppy made, then from the A: prompt and the RESQ floppy, run RESQDISK /KILL /2 This will put zeros in the partition table of the second drive without affecting anything else. Reboot the PC from the floppy and see if the BIOS now detects the drive with the correct size. From the A: drive, run now RESQDISK /ASSESS /2 RESQDISK will scan the second drive for partitions and configuration data and will prepare a report named A:\RESQDISK.RPT (leave the floppy write enabled to save the report). Post the report here (it's a plain text file) and I should be able to instruct how to complete the recovery. Regards, Zvi -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL http://invircible.com InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities E-mail sent in reply to this post will not be considered private and will be answered in the newsgroup. Top posting is not appreciated! |
"DrSardonic" wrote in message
... I had a similar problem on 2 drives at once. Windows did no recognize the drives anymore. I used EZ Recovery Pro and it worked great. It got the data back intact in total! Windows not recognizing a drive is often a minor problem while 99.999999% of the system structures remains intact ... It is those 'Easy' problems 'Easy'Recovery handles well. Joep -- D I Y D a t a R e c o v e r y . N L - Data & Disaster Recovery Tools http://www.diydatarecovery.nl http://www.diydatarecovery.com Please include previous correspondence! DiskPatch - MBR, Partition, boot sector repair and recovery. iRecover - FAT, FAT32 and NTFS data recovery. MBRtool - Freeware MBR backup and restore. |
One minor thingie ... somehow the partition tables now describe a 'Dynamic
Disk' (type 42h). So is the OP aware of that, was he or wasn't he using a Dynamic Disk? Joep -- D I Y D a t a R e c o v e r y . N L - Data & Disaster Recovery Tools http://www.diydatarecovery.nl http://www.diydatarecovery.com Please include previous correspondence! DiskPatch - MBR, Partition, boot sector repair and recovery. iRecover - FAT, FAT32 and NTFS data recovery. MBRtool - Freeware MBR backup and restore. "Zvi Netiv" wrote in message ... Zvi Netiv wrote: (Jethro) wrote: First of all, I don't know if I am in the right group here, someone else pointed me in this direction. I have a problem with one of my harddrives which I will try to explain he I have 2 harddrives in my pc 1 is the system harddrive on which my OS (win2k) is installed. The second one is a harddrive for all my other things, the size is 80Gb. That harddrive containt 4 partitions of somewhere arround 20Gb each. This second harddrive is the problem. Something went terribly wrong during a crash and now Windows says the drive is 'unformatted'. The partitions are no longer viewable. In the bios the size of the harddrive isn't correct. The actual size is 80Gb but the bios says somewhere arround 31Gb. With EasyRecovery Pro I managed to get a little more information which have shown that, from the 31Gb, 1 partition (of 20Gb) is still intact and I am able to recover all the data on that partition. The rest of the space is 'unindentified'. I also have a logfile of partition magic, you can view it he http://www.xs4all.nl/~bjborsje/diskinfo.txt. My feeling is that all the data is on the harddrive, but that somehow the partition tables are messed up. I hope there is a way to make this all work again. The problem lies he ================================================== ===================== Partition Information for Disk 2: 32,247.7 Megabytes Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect TotalSects ================================================== ===================== Type 42 Pri 32,247.7 0 0 0 66,043,215 Seems that the drive not being recognized as 80 GB is caused by the bad partition table in the MBR and the drive setting in the setup being on AUTO. You could try the following procedu Download RESQ from http://resq.co.il/resq.php and prepare the rescue floppy by running the download file on a PC that runs under Win98. If you have no access to such PC then prepare the FreeDOS boot floppy from our site by aid of MakeResQ, from http://resq.co.il/resq.php Sorry, bad link: should be http://http://resq.co.il/iv_tools.php Boot the problem PC from the floppy made, then from the A: prompt and the RESQ floppy, run RESQDISK /KILL /2 This will put zeros in the partition table of the second drive without affecting anything else. Reboot the PC from the floppy and see if the BIOS now detects the drive with the correct size. From the A: drive, run now RESQDISK /ASSESS /2 RESQDISK will scan the second drive for partitions and configuration data and will prepare a report named A:\RESQDISK.RPT (leave the floppy write enabled to save the report). Post the report here (it's a plain text file) and I should be able to instruct how to complete the recovery. Regards, Zvi -- NetZ Computing Ltd. ISRAEL http://invircible.com InVircible Virus Defense Solutions, ResQ and Data Recovery Utilities E-mail sent in reply to this post will not be considered private and will be answered in the newsgroup. Top posting is not appreciated! |
"Joep" wrote in message ... "DrSardonic" wrote in message ... I had a similar problem on 2 drives at once. Windows did no recognize the drives anymore. I used EZ Recovery Pro and it worked great. It got the data back intact in total! Windows not recognizing a drive is often a minor problem while 99.999999% of the system structures remains intact ... It is those 'Easy' problems 'Easy'Recovery handles well. Broodnijd, van der Steen? AFAICT, that is what most utilities require to actually be able to restore a volume to recognition and workability. Several utilities do not even attempt to do that. They only allow you to backup files and then make you repartition/reformat. Joep -- D I Y D a t a R e c o v e r y . N L - Data & Disaster Recovery Tools http://www.diydatarecovery.nl http://www.diydatarecovery.com Please include previous correspondence! DiskPatch - MBR, Partition, boot sector repair and recovery. iRecover - FAT, FAT32 and NTFS data recovery. MBRtool - Freeware MBR backup and restore. |
Broodnijd, van der Steen?
Neuhh ... niet echt hoor ;-) -- Joep "Folkert Rienstra" wrote in message ... "Joep" wrote in message ... "DrSardonic" wrote in message ... I had a similar problem on 2 drives at once. Windows did no recognize the drives anymore. I used EZ Recovery Pro and it worked great. It got the data back intact in total! Windows not recognizing a drive is often a minor problem while 99.999999% of the system structures remains intact ... It is those 'Easy' problems 'Easy'Recovery handles well. Broodnijd, van der Steen? AFAICT, that is what most utilities require to actually be able to restore a volume to recognition and workability. Several utilities do not even attempt to do that. They only allow you to backup files and then make you repartition/reformat. Joep -- D I Y D a t a R e c o v e r y . N L - Data & Disaster Recovery Tools http://www.diydatarecovery.nl http://www.diydatarecovery.com Please include previous correspondence! DiskPatch - MBR, Partition, boot sector repair and recovery. iRecover - FAT, FAT32 and NTFS data recovery. MBRtool - Freeware MBR backup and restore. |
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