Data recovery and disk repair questions and discussions related to old-fashioned SATA, SAS, SCSI, IDE, MFM hard drives - any type of storage device that has moving parts
June 8th, 2014, 12:13
I was trying to add one partition on a single 2T disk, I was using easeus Partition Master, I went with the Add partition -> specify partition size -> apply changes routine. And Partition master gave me a successful notice, so I hibernated my win7 comp (should've restarted instead I guess) pull out the drive, and forgot all about it.
Now I found that my drive is inaccessible, and when I plug it in using sata connection, the whole drive shows up in partition master as one huge 1.8T unallocated space.
Is there a way to reverse/repair it? I have almost 500G data on it, I don't want to lose them.
The drive is a brand new one and I can assure that it has no hardware problem(s).
P.S. I think there should be a way to repair it, a way to let me somehow reverse the file table or partition table or tings like that to previous states, before I tried to resize it that is.
Edit: Shortly after I hit "apply" button, there is a "updating system information" dialog box, which is quite normal during the end of a partioning operation. And after that, I can see 2 partition been done well as planned. I thought everything was AOK. How it went wrong was completely beyond me, except that I think I should've restarted instead of hibernated my win7 and pull the drive off the SATA cable.
June 8th, 2014, 13:14
Have you tried reconnecting the drive and restarting? It's possible the the drive is just taken offline and pending re-partitioning when you reboot.
If that doesn't work, try testdisk to analyze and rewrite the partition tables. It's a command prompt program that's very good at analyzing and fixing these types of issues. You can get it here:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_DownloadIf you need help using the app let me know. I'll be in the office from 9-5 Eastern time tomorrow. I could probably walk you through it, or remote in if needed.
June 8th, 2014, 18:31
data-medics wrote:Have you tried reconnecting the drive and restarting? It's possible the the drive is just taken offline and pending re-partitioning when you reboot.
If that doesn't work, try testdisk to analyze and rewrite the partition tables. It's a command prompt program that's very good at analyzing and fixing these types of issues. You can get it here:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_DownloadIf you need help using the app let me know. I'll be in the office from 9-5 Eastern time tomorrow. I could probably walk you through it, or remote in if needed.
Hey thanks for your help man, I haven't tried that yet, but I'll do it ASAP and give you an update later. Also, I'm guessing I have to use that program anyway, so I'm gonna download it first.
June 9th, 2014, 0:51
data-medics wrote:Have you tried reconnecting the drive and restarting? It's possible the the drive is just taken offline and pending re-partitioning when you reboot.
If that doesn't work, try testdisk to analyze and rewrite the partition tables. It's a command prompt program that's very good at analyzing and fixing these types of issues. You can get it here:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_DownloadIf you need help using the app let me know. I'll be in the office from 9-5 Eastern time tomorrow. I could probably walk you through it, or remote in if needed.
Me again, that was a real life-saver back there. I can't begin to thank you enough. All things are fixed now.
Thanks man! The tool you recommended was really handy!