drive showing up as raw

i tried resizing an external usb drive that had 2 partitions,resize failed.now the one partition is showing up as raw.windows cannot perform a chkdsk because it wants to format it. PLEASE HELP ME

 

Hi,

What happens when you run the partition undelete function ?

It will be quicker if you select the filesystem you are looking for - I usually select FAT and NTFS.

 

there is no option undelete partition for the drive thats showing up as unformatted.this happened before on same drive,a chkdsk fixed it,but i do not know how to do it.i tried undelete partition on the other partitions and got i/o errors.

 

Hi ,

First, Run chkdisk on the existing partition:

Start>Computer>Rt click your existing partition>Properties>Tools>Check Now.


Then try a different undelete app. and see if that helps:

download this:

hxxp://www.partitionwizard.com/download/pwhe41.iso ~ Removed Direct Link - See Partition Download page ~

Burn it to cd-r with this: ( don't format the cd)

hxxp://software.lsoft.net/IsoBurner-Setup.exe ~ Removed Direct Link - See Active@ ISO Burner 2.0 page ~

Boot the cd you just made. When it asks to select screen resolution ( make sure your keyboard NUM LOCK is on ) press 1 then press enter.

Click Disk number for your usb drive -( probably 2) at the top of the screen. Then select Partition Recovery in the left pane.

Do a Quick scan . When it has finished - select all the partitions you want to keep, click Apply.

Hope it helps.

 

Thanks JR,

I wouldn't want anyone to be startled.

 

Hey SIW2,

Do you want me to burn the PartitionWizard installer .exe -file to a CD (It's not an ISO file, does the Active ISO Burner convert it automatically? How?)
Or do I first install PartitionWizard and then create an ISO file WITH it which to burn to a CD using the Active Iso Burner?

About that other earlier Undelete Partition thing: I let the search do it's thing and so far (only about an hour to go) it has found 1 deleted partition from my comp and I'll wait and see what's that before I try this Wizard thing.

 

LOL - that's one reason why I posted the actual link.

You were supposed to d/l the bootable .iso It's at the bottom of the page. It comes a separate d/l - you can't create it from within the program.


Actually,because you can boot into windows - now you have the .exe - you can install it and run the undelete from within that. It's only tiny.


We are switching threads here - let's go back to the one you started for future posts.

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=1561368#post1561368

 

thanks for the help guys recovered my lost partition.

 

Hi MakeR1,

Glad to hear it - thanks for letting us know.

Have Fun

 

Try going into Windows disk Management and see if you can assign a letter to the partition.

This trick has worked for me when I do not properly remove a USB drive.