Re-activating Disappeared Partition 1

[rohanaid]

I have 10 gb hdd partitioned to two 5gb as C & D drives. Recently after updating virus program and definitions it prompted some problem in boot record and I clicked repair. Since then I can only see C drive. All my important data was in D.

How can I reactivate that D partition? I tried system information but could not find the right place. Please Help. Thanks

 

[ID10T16]

I would make sure the partition still exists. Try using fdisk to make sure it's still there. I doubt the anti-virus program deleted that partition, but... If it still exists, I would try to find a partion program online somewhere. Perhaps you can find something that may help windows acknowledge the existence of the partition.

 

[rohanaid]

Thanks for your reply. Yes, fdisk shows that partion still exists but without the logical dos drive. I cannot usse fdisk as it asks to reformat. What next?

 

[ID10T16]

It shows it without the logical dos drive, and it asks that you reformat? That don't sound too good. The only other thing I can think of is to try partition magic. It can do more stuff than fdisk can, & it just might fix your stuff. Sorry I can't be of more help.

 

[edfair]

You might try scandisk. I don't know that it can repair the glitch. You might also use fdisk to activate the second partition, then use a boot floppy to see if you can get any access. Just don't let it try to boot directly.
It might be worthwhile to get a similar drive, create the directory structure the same way then examine the partition table to see what it has created, then modify with norton utilities to duplicate that on the failed disk.
I've never tweaked a partition table to do something like that, so I can't be sure it would work, but from what I know of the structure you should be able to do it. Ed Fair
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