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    recovery drive disappered

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by plattnnum, Aug 5, 2012.

  1. plattnnum

    plattnnum Notebook Evangelist

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    My recovery partition has disappeared on my lenovo leaving me unable to restore my computer. Does anybody know any good hard drive error checkers? I still have a warranty are they usually covered? Thanks.
     
    plattnnum, Aug 5, 2012
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  2. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    have you reinstalled operating system at all as this can wipe any partition hidden drive.

    what hard drive have you got so we can point you in the right direction.

    you could try HD Tune which has a error checker. its not the best but it will check if you have any bad sectors on your hard drive.

    link in my signature below
     
    MrDJ, Aug 6, 2012
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  3. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    chkdsk is built into your OS

    It is most likely a partition, not a drive missing. What does Disk Manager show? (START > right click COMPUTER, left click MANAGE, drill down to DISK MANAGEMENT
     
    gerryf19, Aug 6, 2012
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