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Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive and created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has worked fine. Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the data. The drive still shows in my drive map in several different programs, but when I click on the drive letter I get a message to the effect that the drive does not contain a recognized file system. At each reboot the system tries to perform a scandisk but it will stop and I get a message to the effect the specified drive appears to be a non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS the drive does not show up at all.

I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it to be a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even PartitionMagic is unable to do anything with the drive such as resize, move, etc.

I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but neither can access the drive/partition.

Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be recognized. Any one got any ideas about how I can either get windows to recognize the drive or at least recover all my data.

I have a friend with a similar problem and she has a program which can read
her lost drive. Right now I don't know what it is called but I believe it
can also copy the data to another drive. I thought you might like to hear
that there may be some hope. When I can I will ask her what it is called and
let you know unfortunately she is still asleep right now but I am helping
her to recover her data at present.

I recommend a DVD drive for doing backups. I bought one with a good software
package including Nero 5.5 for £110 the other day. It took me 15 mins to
burn 4.5 Gb of data at 4X speed onto a DVD yesterday and was so much easier
than using a CDRW because I didn't have to be too picky about what I backed
up I just did almost everything. The model is an MSI DR8-A and does up to 8X
DVD writing. I am forced to backup everything so I can reinstall Windows as
my graphics drivers are screwed up and I need to fdisk the hard drive.
Seemingly Windows needs to be reinstalled roughly once a year to keep it
from getting too messed up, at least Win 98 SE does.

You could try restoring the registry to one that was working before you had
your problem as Windows tends to make backup copies and store them. The
program in earlier versions of Windows is called Scanreg restore. I am not
familiar with XP Pro but do a Google search and you will get the answer.
HTH.


"Jer" <> wrote in message
news:VZmdnf6zee3zZ2qiRVn-...
Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive and
created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has worked fine.
Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the data. The drive
still shows in my drive map in several different programs, but when I click
on the drive letter I get a message to the effect that the drive does not
contain a recognized file system. At each reboot the system tries to perform
a scandisk but it will stop and I get a message to the effect the specified
drive appears to be a non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS
the drive does not show up at all.

I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it to be
a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even PartitionMagic is
unable to do anything with the drive such as resize, move, etc.

I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but neither
can access the drive/partition.

Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be recognized. Any
one got any ideas about how I can either get windows to recognize the drive
or at least recover all my data.

Thanks,

I have a DVD burner which I use for backup on RW disks. I have been very lax
in the last rew months and havenot backed up that drive, as it was only data
and not systems. Lucky for me all my holiday pics are on a different drive!

Let me know if she has the name of the program. It does appear that I may be
able to re-format that drive/partition and recover the drive at least, but
of course I'll lose all the data, which I would like to sve if possible.
Most of it I can recover from other sources, but it would be nice to recover
all of it at once rather than search other PC's and sources.


"Bryan Henderson" <> wrote in message
news:bt8vv0$4g3ln$...
> I have a friend with a similar problem and she has a program which can
read
> her lost drive. Right now I don't know what it is called but I believe it
> can also copy the data to another drive. I thought you might like to hear
> that there may be some hope. When I can I will ask her what it is called
and
> let you know unfortunately she is still asleep right now but I am helping
> her to recover her data at present.
>
> I recommend a DVD drive for doing backups. I bought one with a good
software
> package including Nero 5.5 for £110 the other day. It took me 15 mins to
> burn 4.5 Gb of data at 4X speed onto a DVD yesterday and was so much
easier
> than using a CDRW because I didn't have to be too picky about what I
backed
> up I just did almost everything. The model is an MSI DR8-A and does up to
8X
> DVD writing. I am forced to backup everything so I can reinstall Windows
as
> my graphics drivers are screwed up and I need to fdisk the hard drive.
> Seemingly Windows needs to be reinstalled roughly once a year to keep it
> from getting too messed up, at least Win 98 SE does.
>
> You could try restoring the registry to one that was working before you
had
> your problem as Windows tends to make backup copies and store them. The
> program in earlier versions of Windows is called Scanreg restore. I am not
> familiar with XP Pro but do a Google search and you will get the answer.
> HTH.
>
>
> "Jer" <> wrote in message
> news:VZmdnf6zee3zZ2qiRVn-...
> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive and
> created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has worked fine.
> Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the data. The drive
> still shows in my drive map in several different programs, but when I
click
> on the drive letter I get a message to the effect that the drive does not
> contain a recognized file system. At each reboot the system tries to
perform
> a scandisk but it will stop and I get a message to the effect the
specified
> drive appears to be a non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in
DOS
> the drive does not show up at all.
>
> I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it to
be
> a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even PartitionMagic is
> unable to do anything with the drive such as resize, move, etc.
>
> I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but
neither
> can access the drive/partition.
>
> Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be recognized.
Any
> one got any ideas about how I can either get windows to recognize the
drive
> or at least recover all my data.
>
>

On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 01:56:06 GMT, Abrigon Gusiq <> wrote:

|>If you can find a old copy of Norton DISKEDIT, it might be able to help.
|>

I would of mentioned this, but you need a hard drive sector list (or whatever
it's called):

StartingOffset PartitionLength StartingSector PartitionNumber
* 32256 2146765824 63 1
2146830336 2146765824 63 2
4293628416 2146765824 63 3
blah blah blah

To be able to use DiskEdit and rebuild a/the partitions. I find it unlikely most
would have this available to them.


|>Had a like problem with Partition magic as well..
|>
|>Spent like 5 months, nicely I had a copy of the image for the drive in
|>question.
|>
|>It helped ALOT okay it was the main thing.
|>
|>
|>
|>
|>
|>Jer wrote:
|>
|>> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive
|>> and created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has
|>> worked fine. Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the
|>> data. The drive still shows in my drive map in several different
|>> programs, but when I click on the drive letter I get a message to the
|>> effect that the drive does not contain a recognized file system. At
|>> each reboot the system tries to perform a scandisk but it will stop
|>> and I get a message to the effect the specified drive appears to be a
|>> non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS the drive does
|>> not show up at all. I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the
|>> drive and it shows it to be a FAT32, which is what I had it set as.
|>> However, even PartitionMagic is unable to do anything with the drive
|>> such as resize, move, etc. I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM
|>> systemSuite5 diskfix but neither can access the
|>> drive/partition. Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can
|>> not be recognized. Any one got any ideas about how I can either get
|>> windows to recognize the drive or at least recover all my data.

--
,,
( "> w "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life
,(> )>| exists elsewhere in the universe is that none
( ^^ ' of it has tried to contact us." -- Calvin

> Jer wrote:
>
> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive
> and created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has
> worked fine. Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the
> data. The drive still shows in my drive map in several different
> programs, but when I click on the drive letter I get a message to the
> effect that the drive does not contain a recognized file system. At
> each reboot the system tries to perform a scandisk but it will stop
> and I get a message to the effect the specified drive appears to be a
> non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS the drive does
> not show up at all.
>
> I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it
> to be a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even
> PartitionMagic is unable to do anything with the drive such as resize,
> move, etc.
>
> I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but
> neither can access the drive/partition.
>
> Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be
> recognized. Any one got any ideas about how I can either get windows
> to recognize the drive or at least recover all my data.
>
>

Try these two programs to see what they can do for you:

Active@, worked great for me:
http://www.partition-recovery.com/partition.htm You can download a free
demo which will show you what can be recovered. If you like what you
see, pay the $29 for the full version.

PCinspector, freeware, no personal experience:
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Good to see that, in your follow-up to a response, you turned off the
HTML!

"Jer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks,
>
> I have a DVD burner which I use for backup on RW disks. I have been very
lax
> in the last rew months and havenot backed up that drive, as it was only
data
> and not systems. Lucky for me all my holiday pics are on a different
drive!
>
> Let me know if she has the name of the program. It does appear that I may
be
> able to re-format that drive/partition and recover the drive at least, but
> of course I'll lose all the data, which I would like to sve if possible.
> Most of it I can recover from other sources, but it would be nice to
recover
> all of it at once rather than search other PC's and sources.

I spoke to my friend and she says she has a demo version of Easy Recovery
Pro or something like that. I haven't yet searched for a link to this yet as
I am having probs of my own to sort out!! She also thinks Partition Magic is
fairly state of the art although it sounds as if you have tried this and not
found it useful.


>
>
> "Bryan Henderson" <> wrote in message
> news:bt8vv0$4g3ln$...
> > I have a friend with a similar problem and she has a program which can
> read
> > her lost drive. Right now I don't know what it is called but I believe
it
> > can also copy the data to another drive. I thought you might like to
hear
> > that there may be some hope. When I can I will ask her what it is called
> and
> > let you know unfortunately she is still asleep right now but I am
helping
> > her to recover her data at present.
> >
> > I recommend a DVD drive for doing backups. I bought one with a good
> software
> > package including Nero 5.5 for £110 the other day. It took me 15 mins to
> > burn 4.5 Gb of data at 4X speed onto a DVD yesterday and was so much
> easier
> > than using a CDRW because I didn't have to be too picky about what I
> backed
> > up I just did almost everything. The model is an MSI DR8-A and does up
to
> 8X
> > DVD writing. I am forced to backup everything so I can reinstall Windows
> as
> > my graphics drivers are screwed up and I need to fdisk the hard drive.
> > Seemingly Windows needs to be reinstalled roughly once a year to keep it
> > from getting too messed up, at least Win 98 SE does.
> >
> > You could try restoring the registry to one that was working before you
> had
> > your problem as Windows tends to make backup copies and store them. The
> > program in earlier versions of Windows is called Scanreg restore. I am
not
> > familiar with XP Pro but do a Google search and you will get the answer.
> > HTH.
> >
> >
> > "Jer" <> wrote in message
> > news:VZmdnf6zee3zZ2qiRVn-...
> > Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive and
> > created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has worked
fine.
> > Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the data. The drive
> > still shows in my drive map in several different programs, but when I
> click
> > on the drive letter I get a message to the effect that the drive does
not
> > contain a recognized file system. At each reboot the system tries to
> perform
> > a scandisk but it will stop and I get a message to the effect the
> specified
> > drive appears to be a non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in
> DOS
> > the drive does not show up at all.
> >
> > I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it to
> be
> > a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even PartitionMagic is
> > unable to do anything with the drive such as resize, move, etc.
> >
> > I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but
> neither
> > can access the drive/partition.
> >
> > Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be recognized.
> Any
> > one got any ideas about how I can either get windows to recognize the
> drive
> > or at least recover all my data.
> >
> >
>
>

If you can find a old copy of Norton DISKEDIT, it might be able to help.

Had a like problem with Partition magic as well..

Spent like 5 months, nicely I had a copy of the image for the drive in
question.

It helped ALOT okay it was the main thing.





Jer wrote:

> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive
> and created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has
> worked fine. Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the
> data. The drive still shows in my drive map in several different
> programs, but when I click on the drive letter I get a message to the
> effect that the drive does not contain a recognized file system. At
> each reboot the system tries to perform a scandisk but it will stop
> and I get a message to the effect the specified drive appears to be a
> non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS the drive does
> not show up at all. I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the
> drive and it shows it to be a FAT32, which is what I had it set as.
> However, even PartitionMagic is unable to do anything with the drive
> such as resize, move, etc. I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM
> systemSuite5 diskfix but neither can access the
> drive/partition. Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can
> not be recognized. Any one got any ideas about how I can either get
> windows to recognize the drive or at least recover all my data.

How large of HD can you back up on a DVD/RW?

From my experiance, I often have to redo Win98 like once a month, but yes,
reinstall atleast once a year is a good one..

I need to get a new HD and do my partitions better, smaller for sure.

Mike


Bryan Henderson wrote:

> I have a friend with a similar problem and she has a program which can read
> her lost drive. Right now I don't know what it is called but I believe it
> can also copy the data to another drive. I thought you might like to hear
> that there may be some hope. When I can I will ask her what it is called and
> let you know unfortunately she is still asleep right now but I am helping
> her to recover her data at present.
>
> I recommend a DVD drive for doing backups. I bought one with a good software
> package including Nero 5.5 for £110 the other day. It took me 15 minsto
> burn 4.5 Gb of data at 4X speed onto a DVD yesterday and was so much easier
> than using a CDRW because I didn't have to be too picky about what I backed
> up I just did almost everything. The model is an MSI DR8-A and does up to 8X
> DVD writing. I am forced to backup everything so I can reinstall Windows as
> my graphics drivers are screwed up and I need to fdisk the hard drive.
> Seemingly Windows needs to be reinstalled roughly once a year to keep it
> from getting too messed up, at least Win 98 SE does.
>
> You could try restoring the registry to one that was working before youhad
> your problem as Windows tends to make backup copies and store them. The
> program in earlier versions of Windows is called Scanreg restore. I am not
> familiar with XP Pro but do a Google search and you will get the answer.
> HTH.
>
> "Jer" <> wrote in message
> news:VZmdnf6zee3zZ2qiRVn-...
> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive and
> created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has worked fine.
> Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the data. The drive
> still shows in my drive map in several different programs, but when I click
> on the drive letter I get a message to the effect that the drive does not
> contain a recognized file system. At each reboot the system tries to perform
> a scandisk but it will stop and I get a message to the effect the specified
> drive appears to be a non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS
> the drive does not show up at all.
>
> I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the drive and it shows it to be
> a FAT32, which is what I had it set as. However, even PartitionMagic is
> unable to do anything with the drive such as resize, move, etc.
>
> I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM systemSuite5 diskfix but neither
> can access the drive/partition.
>
> Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can not be recognized. Any
> one got any ideas about how I can either get windows to recognize the drive
> or at least recover all my data.

Does the HD be recognized by FDISK

If so, it might still be there, just the driver or what is damaged, or
the master book is corrupted or .. not sure..

Diskedit (old norton util), might be able to find and revive lost
partitions..

Mike


Jer wrote:

> Several months ago I used PartitionMagic to partition my hard drive
> and created a partition I was using for data storage. And it has
> worked fine. Yesterday my OS [using WindowsXP Pro] can not recall the
> data. The drive still shows in my drive map in several different
> programs, but when I click on the drive letter I get a message to the
> effect that the drive does not contain a recognized file system. At
> each reboot the system tries to perform a scandisk but it will stop
> and I get a message to the effect the specified drive appears to be a
> non-windows disk. Using a bootable A drive disk in DOS the drive does
> not show up at all. I used my PartitionMagic [ver8.1] to access the
> drive and it shows it to be a FAT32, which is what I had it set as.
> However, even PartitionMagic is unable to do anything with the drive
> such as resize, move, etc. I have used Norton disk doctor and the VCOM
> systemSuite5 diskfix but neither can access the
> drive/partition. Everything shows the drive/partition is there but can
> not be recognized. Any one got any ideas about how I can either get
> windows to recognize the drive or at least recover all my data.

I managed to 'lose' two partitions on my HD. I tried a number of software
utilities, but only one worked: http://www.partition-recovery.com/ Only
$30US.

Ron