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Thread ID: 62793	2005-10-19 17:04:00	formatted C drive but now can't find D drive partition is not there	sha49 (9106)	Press F1

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397717	2005-10-19 17:04:00	I recently formatted C drive it works fine now. My problem is with the D drive, the manufacturer suggested running a data recovery software to be able to get my info and pictures back and then format it through fdisk. He said that he doesn't know if it is the files or the partition that is bad but that a data recovery program can try to get these back? How do I go about this? Which program is the best for windows 98? Thanks for any help that can be given! Sha :help:	sha49 (9106)
397718	2005-10-19 18:06:00	I'm no pro in HDD field, but I suggest you providing us more information. How do your HDD connect to your Mobo? Via SATA, PATA (IDE) etc.? RAID configuration etc.? Brand / model of your HDD etc. Cheers :)	Renmoo (66)
397719	2005-10-19 19:05:00	anything that'll do a 'raw' recovery..........try 'easy recovery pro'.......	drcspy (146)
397720	2005-10-19 21:02:00	I am not sure how it connects or what the difference is. how do I find out? The hard drive is made by maxtor:Max-Blast plus2 version 1.00.	sha49 (9106)
397721	2005-10-20 06:13:00	I recently formatted C drive it works fine now. My problem is with the D drive, the manufacturer suggested running a data recovery software to be able to get my info and pictures back and then format it through fdisk. He said that he doesn't know if it is the files or the partition that is bad but that a data recovery program can try to get these back? How do I go about this? Which program is the best for windows 98? Thanks for any help that can be given! Sha :help: It is likely your "D" drive disappeared because it was (and may well still be) compressed. I can't remember exactly how, but you may need to run drivespace and remount the drive. Your compression data would have been on C drive. All your data may still be there. I can't remember how to do this, and don't run 98 anymore. Maybe some else can list how.	Battleneter (60)
397722	2005-10-20 06:17:00	PS I doubt the issue is hardware related if you only formatted C:, its far more likely that it was compressed as many older machines were to save hard drive space.	Battleneter (60)
397723	2005-10-20 20:47:00	I kept postponing my pc hardware class so not too kean there. I believe that the stuff is still there if I could get my hardware to be recognized by my computer. It seems to still be vacationing with my pictures somewhere. Could someone please tell me what a partition is? Why a partitian would not be there if C drive was formatted? Why the manufacturer was saying that that is the probable reason why I could not retrieve my data?? How do I get a partitian to show back up if my computer doesn't even recognise my D drive? Thank you to any one that can help!! Suggestions are much appreciated!!!!!!	sha49 (9106)
397724	2005-10-21 02:35:00	Steady on guys, give the questioner a chance . The computer runs Windows 98 . So it's not likely to be a SATA drive, or in a RAID cluster . :D A "compressed drive" should still be visible, even without loading drivespace, as the one very big file on the partition . Which should still be there . sha49: Have you only one "physical" hard disk in the computer, even though you had (:() two "drives", called C: and D: in Microsoftese . ? Partitions are the separate disks you have when you haven't got separate hard disks . They are set up using a utility called FDISK . They become useful to an operating system when they are formatted -- a process which builds a file system . How did you "reformat" the C drive? I assume you booted into DOS . Then what did you type then? "FDISK"? , or "FORMAT C:"? FORMAT could not have harmed the D: "drive" or its contents unless told to . I'm afraid you might have used FDISK, and created one "drive" partition, thus deleting the two partitions which were the previous "drives" . FDISK is unlikely to be usable to fix this . A Linux partitioner would have more chance .	Graham L (2)
397725	2005-10-21 08:09:00	I actually took dos so I did the format c. The computer came with one hard drive and then the other hard drive was bought and installed. It is from maxtor thus the c and d drives. That is what I thought I thought that how can I lose the info on d if I only formated c???? I had actually forgotten about fdisk untill the guy from maxtor asked me to run it to see if the partition was there. Thanks for barring with me on my answers! Sha	sha49 (9106)
397726	2005-10-21 09:03:00	I'd guess you have reinstalled Win 98 on C Reboot the machine and head into the BIOS You may have to press F8 or DEL during a boot to enter Have a look and see if the other drive is being detected in the BIOS setup. Reformatting the C drive shouldn't have done anything to the other drive, my pick is that the computer currently see it as connected. :2cents:	EX-WESTY (221)
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