lost partition ,what program could i use?

[mantra]

Hi

i lost 2 partitions , huhe with lots of data

i did not touch the drive

what software could i use to restore my data?

i'm disperate

in the disk directort 11 manual there is

Only one of the intersected
volumes can be recovered.

i have 2 partitions disapeard and they are both ntfs
both have data
so i have 1 partition(good) system operation , 2 partition (good)data , 3partition (disapeard) , 4 partition (disapeard)
what the meaning of nly one of the intersected volumes can be recovered. ?

that i can restore onlt 3partition or 4partition not both?
thanks

[mantra]

is getdataback for ntfs a good choice?

which program should i use to try to revocer my data?

[andyman35]

You could try Easeus Partition Master or Minitool Partition Wizard,both of which have effective recovery options and are free.There shouldn't be any issue with lost data in your scenario,so dedicated data recovery utilities such as GetaDataBack won't probably be necessary.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-...n-manager.html

[pandlouk]

Mantra since you use DS you can restore the partition structure from your image.
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/rest2.htm

Panagiotis

[mantra]

Originally Posted by pandlouk

Mantra since you use DS you can restore the partition structure from your image.
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/rest2.htm

Panagiotis

thanks Panagiotis!
but i should back up the hard disk or is enough a partition inside this hard disk

in short i have 2 different hard disk ,which backup should i use?

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andyman35

You could try Easeus Partition Master or Minitool Partition Wizard,both of which have effective recovery options and are free.There shouldn't be any issue with lost data in your scenario,so dedicated data recovery utilities such as GetaDataBack won't probably be necessary.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-...n-manager.html

thanks
i will try
are they good?
i got paragon

[andyman35]

Originally Posted by mantra

thanks
i will try
are they good?
i got paragon

I've used both on various systems with excellent results.

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by mantra

thanks Panagiotis!
but i should back up the hard disk or is enough a partition inside this hard disk

in short i have 2 different hard disk ,which backup should i use?

No need to have a back up of the entire hard disk. DS copies the mbr and the partitions structure when you backup a single partition.

Use the backup of the OS that resides on that disk.

Panagiotis

[mantra]

Originally Posted by pandlouk

No need to have a back up of the entire hard disk. DS copies the mbr and the partitions structure when you backup a single partition.

Use the backup of the OS that resides on that disk.

Panagiotis

in short to restore partitions of 2 disk
i need 2 backups , 1 of one partition of hard disk 1 and 1 of the partition of the hard disk 2 ,right?

did you test this feature?

thanks

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by mantra

in short to restore partitions of 2 disk
i need 2 backups , 1 of one partition of hard disk 1 and 1 of the partition of the hard disk 2 ,right?

did you test this feature?

thanks

Correct.

Off course. You simple select to restore the partition table and then you close DS (no need to restore the backup too). Just pay attention to use the correct backup.

Panagiotis

[mantra]

Originally Posted by pandlouk

Correct.

Off course. You simple select to restore the partition table and then you close DS (no need to restore the backup too). Just pay attention to use the correct backup.

Panagiotis

can drive snapshot save Partition Structure or MBR without make an image?

drive snapshot has lots of command line

[pandlouk]

Originally Posted by mantra

can drive snapshot save Partition Structure or MBR without make an image?

No, it can't.

Panagiotis

[andylau]

Originally Posted by mantra

can drive snapshot save Partition Structure or MBR without make an image?

drive snapshot has lots of command line

If you want to backup partition table, PartitionGuru can do it.

http://www.eassos.com/product.php

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andylau

If you want to backup partition table, PartitionGuru can do it.

http://www.eassos.com/product.php

but is there a sense to backup?
really i'm almost a novice about partition table
thanks

[andylau]

Originally Posted by mantra

but is there a sense to backup?
really i'm almost a novice about partition table
thanks

Backup partition table, then you can restore the partition table quickly with just few clicks.

Of course, you can don't backup partition table. PartitionGuru can also find your lost partition.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andylau

Backup partition table, then you can restore the partition table quickly with just few clicks.

Of course, you can don't backup partition table. PartitionGuru can also find your lost partition.

what do you mean ?
i backup parition table

for error or other situation i lost my partitions , don't talk to wipe ..

i use partitionguru to restore and it works , i mean my lost partition will appear again ?

are you sure?
did you test it?
does partionguru install drivers ?


thanks

[andylau]

Generally, yes.
If you have backup partition table before the partition table was damaged, you can restore the partition table directly. Damage of partition table will not destroy any data.

partionguru does not install driver.

Your current case is that your harddisk's partition table is damaged, so you backup partition table and restore, the lost partition will not appear, because your current partition table is damaged.

But you can use partionguru to search the lost partitions and restore them.

Read the help file or manual first before you try to use partionguru.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andyman35

You could try Easeus Partition Master or Minitool Partition Wizard,both of which have effective recovery options and are free.There shouldn't be any issue with lost data in your scenario,so dedicated data recovery utilities such as GetaDataBack won't probably be necessary.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-...n-manager.html

may i ask a question ?
do Easeus Partition Master revoer 2 partition linked ?
o could i revocer only 1 of 2
thanks

[aigle]

Partition table Doctor

Very usefull in my experience. I run it from the boot CD.

[andyman35]

Originally Posted by mantra

may i ask a question ?
do Easeus Partition Master revoer 2 partition linked ?
o could i revocer only 1 of 2
thanks

I've never personally needed to recover more than 1 partition with Easeus,however I don't see any reason why not.The readme file and interface cetainly allude to that fact.You have 2 different scanning modes to try.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andyman35

I've never personally needed to recover more than 1 partition with Easeus,however I don't see any reason why not.The readme file and interface cetainly allude to that fact.You have 2 different scanning modes to try.

i can't find a manual
but i remember acronis disk director 2011 is able to recover only 1 partition of 2 linked partition



http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus...ery-wizard.htm

The program may find and display intersected volumes, you can choose either of them to recover, but only one of the intersected volumes can be recovered.

[andyman35]

"The program may find and display intersected volumes, you can choose either of them to recover, but only one of the intersected volumes can be recovered."

This is understandable,intersected volumes occupy the same area of the disk at least partially,so only one can be recovered.That shouldn't prevent you from recovering your disk to the status it was when the error occurred.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by andyman35

"The program may find and display intersected volumes, you can choose either of them to recover, but only one of the intersected volumes can be recovered."

This is understandable,intersected volumes occupy the same area of the disk at least partially,so only one can be recovered.That shouldn't prevent you from recovering your disk to the status it was when the error occurred.

i don't know what are the intersected volumes , i mean i can create them with any parition software

[jonyjoe81]

Something else you can try is testdisk, it will run from the gparted livecd, or it can run from within windows (runs from the exe file) no installation required. This will work from the worst case scenario. In my case I was resizing partitions on a 400gb hard drive with about 300gb of data, the partition software frozed, when I rebooted, the drive was raw, no data. Testdisk was able to find the partitions and restore all the data, it will take several hours, but it worked. I had to use it twice and it has been reliable.
It's strange to lose only 2 partitions, while the other partitions still work, usually you lose everything at the same time.
but all your data is safe, even if partition is lost, you can still recover data from that area of drive.

[mantra]

Originally Posted by jonyjoe81

Something else you can try is testdisk, it will run from the gparted livecd, or it can run from within windows (runs from the exe file) no installation required. This will work from the worst case scenario. In my case I was resizing partitions on a 400gb hard drive with about 300gb of data, the partition software frozed, when I rebooted, the drive was raw, no data. Testdisk was able to find the partitions and restore all the data, it will take several hours, but it worked. I had to use it twice and it has been reliable.
It's strange to lose only 2 partitions, while the other partitions still work, usually you lose everything at the same time.
but all your data is safe, even if partition is lost, you can still recover data from that area of drive.

thanks

never understood intersected volumes
and i did not find an example about it

can someone explain to me ?
thanks
cheers