MrPhoBoy
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Windows Explorer sees partition, but cannot access.
My problem is this:
I was accessing my D partition, before I reformatted to get a few pieces of infomation off of it.
After I reformat, I notice the drive shows up in explorer but the "filesystem" is left as RAW.
I cannot access it through windows.
BUT I can see ALL of my files through Active Directory Recovery ( But it isn't free )
I have tried fixmbr but it doesn't work.
I have tried PC Inspector, and am currently scanning the drive now. Unfortunately, the filenames end up being something like sector_345345345file.jpg or whatever.
Does anyone know what else I could do to make explorer show my NTFS drive?
Below is a copy of diskpart:
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E BartPE CDFS DVD-ROM 289 MB
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 128 GB Healthy System
Volume 2 D Partition 105 GB Healthy
Volume 3 F Downloads NTFS Partition 75 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Others NTFS Partition 75 GB Healthy
Volume 5 H NTFS Partition 149 GB Healthy
As you can see, partition D also shows up in DiskPart, but does NOT show up ( with size ) in explorer. and it doesn't have a FS.
Any help is greatful.
I was accessing my D partition, before I reformatted to get a few pieces of infomation off of it.
After I reformat, I notice the drive shows up in explorer but the "filesystem" is left as RAW.
I cannot access it through windows.
BUT I can see ALL of my files through Active Directory Recovery ( But it isn't free )
I have tried fixmbr but it doesn't work.
I have tried PC Inspector, and am currently scanning the drive now. Unfortunately, the filenames end up being something like sector_345345345file.jpg or whatever.
Does anyone know what else I could do to make explorer show my NTFS drive?
Below is a copy of diskpart:
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E BartPE CDFS DVD-ROM 289 MB
Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 128 GB Healthy System
Volume 2 D Partition 105 GB Healthy
Volume 3 F Downloads NTFS Partition 75 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Others NTFS Partition 75 GB Healthy
Volume 5 H NTFS Partition 149 GB Healthy
As you can see, partition D also shows up in DiskPart, but does NOT show up ( with size ) in explorer. and it doesn't have a FS.
Any help is greatful.
Hi MrPhoBoy,
Testdisk is a tool to recreate the filesystem while leaving the data still there:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html
Documentation on how to use it can be found at:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/phpwiki/index.php/testdisk
You might want to give it a try
Greetings,
LucF
Testdisk is a tool to recreate the filesystem while leaving the data still there:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html
Documentation on how to use it can be found at:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/phpwiki/index.php/testdisk
You might want to give it a try
Greetings,
LucF
Hi, MrPhoBoy
had u tried to disk management ..
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Disk Management
Try to delete and make a fresh partition from it..
Also don't forget to format the disk..
Then, now try to re-access the drive
Hope it helps,
CHez
had u tried to disk management ..
Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools> Disk Management
Try to delete and make a fresh partition from it..
Also don't forget to format the disk..
Then, now try to re-access the drive
Hope it helps,
CHez
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Argh, the answer was simple: Upgrade to SP2... Yeah, there was data on it, so that's why I didn't want to reformat the drive. And the reason for the weird partition sizes is that Windows XP ( not slipstreamed with SP2 ) does not have support for 127+ GBs of HD space.
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If you thought there was data on there, you may need to take it to a recovery expert. If you didn't, then you han't lost anything! :-) Just right-click on the drive in Disk Manager and ask for it to be formatted NFTS and back it should come.
Any particular reason you divide your nice big disk up into lots of irritating little partitions? :-)