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"elaich" <> wrote in message news:...
> "M" <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> While I was extending a partition on my second hard drive there was a
>> power outage. Now the drive no longer shows in Explorer and Disc
>> Management shows the drive as Online but will not allow me to allocate
>> a driver letter. Partition Magic shows the drive as bad and only
>> offers the option to format it.
>
> I would say you are borked, having had exactly the same problem once. I
> had
> massive data corruption, and even though using a recovery program appeared
> to have saved most of it, it was all jumbled. For instance, an MP3
> appeared
> intact, but when you played it, it was three or four different songs all
> jumbled together. Live and learn - never do partitioning operations
> without
> a UPS.
>
> --
> A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message.
> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?

Could you tell me which recovery program you used so that I don't use that
one? I am probably going to use EASEUS Data Recovery.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:36:52 +0100, M wrote:

> "elaich" <> wrote in message news:...
>> "M" <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>>> While I was extending a partition on my second hard drive there was a
>>> power outage. Now the drive no longer shows in Explorer and Disc
>>> Management shows the drive as Online but will not allow me to allocate
>>> a driver letter. Partition Magic shows the drive as bad and only
>>> offers the option to format it.
>>
>> I would say you are borked, having had exactly the same problem once. I
>> had
>> massive data corruption, and even though using a recovery program appeared
>> to have saved most of it, it was all jumbled. For instance, an MP3
>> appeared
>> intact, but when you played it, it was three or four different songs all
>> jumbled together. Live and learn - never do partitioning operations
>> without
>> a UPS.
>>
>> --
>> A: Because it disturbs the logical flow of the message.
>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon?
>
> Could you tell me which recovery program you used so that I don't use that
> one? I am probably going to use EASEUS Data Recovery.

If the data is corrupt then you will recover corrupt data no matter what
tool you use.

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:36:52 +0100, M wrote:

>"elaich" <> wrote in message news:...
>> "M" <> wrote in
>> news::
>>
>>> While I was extending a partition on my second hard drive there was a
>>> power outage. Now the drive no longer shows in Explorer and Disc
>>> Management shows the drive as Online but will not allow me to allocate
>>> a driver letter. Partition Magic shows the drive as bad and only
>>> offers the option to format it.
>>
>> I would say you are borked, having had exactly the same problem once. I
>> had
>> massive data corruption, and even though using a recovery program appeared
>> to have saved most of it, it was all jumbled. For instance, an MP3
>> appeared
>> intact, but when you played it, it was three or four different songs all

<snip>

>Could you tell me which recovery program you used so that I don't use that

Most likely not the recovery program used, but the scrambled file
allocation table.

Going with the DIY method then and downloading wizard based tools?

>one? I am probably going to use EASEUS Data Recovery.

If the data is valuable get a recovery service to do it for you. Many
appear to provide free quotes.

Me

M wrote:

> While I was extending a partition on my second hard drive there was a
> power
> outage. Now the drive no longer shows in Explorer and Disc Management
> shows the drive as Online but will not allow me to allocate a driver
> letter. Partition Magic shows the drive as bad and only offers the option
> to format it.
>
You may try testdisk from a bootable media such as hirens bootcd.
However, when the resizing involved a cluster size change, you probably are
lost.

M wrote:
> While I was extending a partition on my second hard drive there was a power
> outage. Now the drive no longer shows in Explorer and Disc Management shows
> the drive as Online but will not allow me to allocate a driver letter.
> Partition Magic shows the drive as bad and only offers the option to format
> it.
>
> The Partition Info Tool gives the report below. I will be really glad of
> some help on how to put his right and yes I know the data should have been
> backed up!
>
> Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
> ucEndCylinder (48641) must be less than 48641.
>
>
> Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
> Actual values are:
> 0 0 80 0 0 3 3C 48641 80 53 2 781422756
> Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
> ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 3.
> Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
> ucEndCylinder (48641) must be less than 48641.
> Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
> ucEndHead expected to be 254, not 80.
> Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
> ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 53.
>


Before you use PM it's advisable to back up your data.
Also...the machine *must* be on a UPS to avoid a shut down.

That said...your best hope is to re-run partition magic
from a boot disk and see if there is a recoverable partition.
If not...it's time for data recovery software...
If you google, you'll find many that have trail versions...
so you can see if any find your data
>

"M" <> wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a data recovery specialist, this is a 400 GB drive with
>about 270 GB of data. I would also appreciate a guide to cost.
>Thank you.

This is most likely over your head but posted anyhow.

I assume NTFS file system (cause FAT would be too easy)
There are two boot sectors NTFS stores, it's possible to overwrite the
corrupt one with the backup.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q153973

Unless as part of your loss prevention you made a backup of your MBR?
(That is what the PM boot disk holds.)
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<> wrote in message
news:...
> "M" <> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone recommend a data recovery specialist, this is a 400 GB drive
>>with
>>about 270 GB of data. I would also appreciate a guide to cost.
>>Thank you.
>
> This is most likely over your head but posted anyhow.
>
> I assume NTFS file system (cause FAT would be too easy)
> There are two boot sectors NTFS stores, it's possible to overwrite the
> corrupt one with the backup.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q153973
>
> Unless as part of your loss prevention you made a backup of your MBR?
> (That is what the PM boot disk holds.)
> --
>
> Australian woman humped to death
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3181944.shtml

Thank you for your post. This sounds like the fastest way to recover my
data. Can you advise where I can obtain a copy of Norton Disk Probe and
Norton Diskedit and can you be sure they will work with the XP version of
NTFS which I understand is not exactly the same as the NT version?

"M" <> wrote in message
news:...
> <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> "M" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone recommend a data recovery specialist, this is a 400 GB drive
>>>with
>>>about 270 GB of data. I would also appreciate a guide to cost.
>>>Thank you.
>>
>> This is most likely over your head but posted anyhow.
>>
>> I assume NTFS file system (cause FAT would be too easy)
>> There are two boot sectors NTFS stores, it's possible to overwrite the
>> corrupt one with the backup.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q153973
>>
>> Unless as part of your loss prevention you made a backup of your MBR?
>> (That is what the PM boot disk holds.)
>> --
>>
>> Australian woman humped to death
>> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3181944.shtml
>
> Thank you for your post. This sounds like the fastest way to recover my
> data. Can you advise where I can obtain a copy of Norton Disk Probe and
> Norton Diskedit and can you be sure they will work with the XP version of
> NTFS which I understand is not exactly the same as the NT version?

Oh Lord, it's got the word Norton on it. You should make sure your back is
up against the nearest wall so that you won't be stabbed in the back by
Norton. You had better get an UPS for Norton.

"M" <> wrote:

><> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> "M" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Can anyone recommend a data recovery specialist, this is a 400 GB drive
>>>with
>>>about 270 GB of data. I would also appreciate a guide to cost.
>>>Thank you.
>>
>> This is most likely over your head but posted anyhow.
>>
>> I assume NTFS file system (cause FAT would be too easy)
>> There are two boot sectors NTFS stores, it's possible to overwrite the
>> corrupt one with the backup.
>>
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q153973
>>
>> Unless as part of your loss prevention you made a backup of your MBR?
>> (That is what the PM boot disk holds.)

>Thank you for your post. This sounds like the fastest way to recover my
>data. Can you advise where I can obtain a copy of Norton Disk Probe and
>Norton Diskedit and can you be sure they will work with the XP version of
>NTFS which I understand is not exactly the same as the NT version?

Right here http://files.filefront.com//;8363717;;/

While diskprobe is included I wouldn't use it, the only reason the
file is mention in the link is MS produced it.

Download and create a Win98 boot disk http://bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
boot with it. use DiskEdit from there.

I've thrown in diskmap, run that and keep the data on file, next time
this happens you can use diskedit and plug in the numbers from
diskmap.


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"Mr. Arnold" <MR. > wrote:

>Oh Lord, it's got the word Norton on it. You should make sure your back is
>up against the nearest wall so that you won't be stabbed in the back by
>Norton. You had better get an UPS for Norton.

Norton Disk utilities was a must have running DOS and just a little
into Windows - then it dropped it's dos support.

Diskedit one of the better disk editors made. It defaults to read only
and you can play around to find your way; when ready set it to write.
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