Recover from lost partition on hard drive

Question

Hello Everyone,

I have dell latitude c840 laptop with 40 gb hard drive ...with 15gb for c:\ os partiton and remaining for data d:\ drive partition.
I have a big problem occurs today with my laptop...I was copying data to my laptop and two times automatically computer restarted so now i cannot read the drive d:\...although it is shown i n my computer ....
I tried to check its property but it is showing only zero bytes available and zero bytes is the capacity...but when i looked into disk management i found full capacity i.e. 100% is free and file type is blank.

So i thought its file partiton table info has lost...so i cannot read drive from my computer.
If i tried to access drve from my computer i am getting error that "D:\ is not accessible.The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."

Today i have checked with free utility and confirmed that all data on drive D:\ are intact.means there are data available but drive partition is corrupted so i cannot access it.

although i tried with lots of utility to recover lost partion but they all are asking for lots of money.

I am looking for any freeware utility through which i can recover my lost drives data and store to some other place.

So i need someone help to find out solution for this problem and recover my lost data.

Thanks for yr valuable time and yr help in Advance.

Thanks,
Bharat.

cmspaz · Answer

I have two solutions for this.

1) Download a LiveCD version of a linux distro, back up everything on your D:\ partition to an external or or secondary drive, and recreate the D:\ partition. I used knoppix the last time I had to do partition recovery.

OR, if you don't have a secondary drive and cannot borrow one from someone,

2) Acquire the software you need. Partition Magic alone will do the job. Make what you will of the italics.

Message Edited by cmspaz on 12-24-200611:01 PM

Message Edited by cmspaz on 12-24-200611:17 PM

bharatp80 · Answer

Hi cmspaz,

Thanks for yr reply.

I am not able to access the d:\ drive.Then how can i take back up of d:\ drive.If i try to access d:\ drive i am getting error.Message" D:\ drive is not accessible".I tried with Linux live cd to access but i am not able to access with it. i got message that Drive is not mounted.

Any idea how to accesss drive with linux please proved me the steps to accesss drive d: with linux so i can accesss the data on drive d:\.

Thanks once again for yr help and the time you took to look at my request.

Thanks,

Bharat.

ejn63 · Answer

If the drive won't mount, you need software to attempt recovery, and such software is not free of charge. If you're lucky, you may be able to buy a sub-$100 recovery package and get the job done. If not, you will have to consider whether to have a pro recover the drive - which can easily run upward of $2,500 depending on what's involved.

Since the odds are you have a drive that is failing from a hardware standpoint, the longer you wait, and the more you fiddle, the smaller your chances of recovery without resorting to expensive professional services become.

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Recover from lost partition on hard drive

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