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    Missing Hard Drive Partition

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by SBHawk, Mar 9, 2009.

  1. SBHawk

    SBHawk Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    I got a slight problem... a few days ago, I opened Powerquest partition Magic on Windows Vista 32bit, and then it said I had some errors on my HDD. I fixed it with the program and now MY SECOND PARTITION IS GONE. It cannot be seen in Windows Explorer or accessed.

    BUT the weird thing is that when I explore the HDD in Acronis, it can easily see the second partition and the files. How do I recover this hard drive? Has anyone had this problem before? Don't wanna lose my music!

    Thanks in advance!
     
    SBHawk, Mar 9, 2009
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  2. SBHawk

    SBHawk Notebook Consultant

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    bump to the top...
     
    SBHawk, Mar 9, 2009
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  3. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    Have you just tryed giving that partition a drive letter and see if that works? It's the most common problem when that happens..

    Go to device manager and then disk management.
     
    Michel.K, Mar 9, 2009
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  4. Tippey764

    Tippey764 Notebook Deity

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    I have this problem in Windows 7 it cant see the windows vista partition. Really strange.
     
    Tippey764, Mar 9, 2009
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  5. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Type in diskmgmt.msc in the run bar. See if it shows up there.
     
    flipfire, Mar 9, 2009
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