PArtition vanishes after restart and never appears back again.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 25, 2016

My PC's secondary partition vanishes all of sudden after a restart which was done manually as windows explorer hung up while opening the partition. After this the secondary partition never appears back again. The primary partition contains Windows 7 OS and all my Data is in the secondary partition. Tried to look for in disk management but it only shows the primary partition and my DVD drive, tried through command prompt, but in vain, BIOS shows my hard disk, but as you know it does not show its partitions. Tried installing various partition recovery software but they could not recover it. Please help...

D_Know_WD · Jun 27, 2016

Hi there RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND,

Do you have two separate drives or two partitions on the same drive?
It is very unlikely to see one of your partitions under Disk Management while the other one is not present at all. Could you please provide a screenshot of Disk Management?

If we are talking about two separate, physical drives, then you can try attaching the problematic one with different cables to another SATA port.

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 27, 2016

D_Know_WD :

Hi D_Know_WD,

Thank you for responding back, the two partitions are on the same hard drive. I have made only two partitions on a 500 GB drive, creating 75 GB for operating system and the rest for data. The second partition in which the data is there has vanished. I have even tried to reload Windows 7 through DVD where in we get the option of selecting and formatting the drive through "Custom" option and there also it shows only the 75 GB partition. I currently cannot provide the screen shot as I am replying through my office PC, but once I get back home I will do that.

D_Know_WD · Jun 28, 2016

Well, that is really strange.

So when in Disk Management, you see just 75 GB right? There is no unallocated space next to it?

You can try to access the drive with some data recovery tool: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html

D_Know_WD

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

D_Know_WD :

Hi D_Know_WD,
Yes, one partion of 75 gb on which i installed Windows 7 and a small 100 mb system reserve partition and my DVD drive. No allocated space next to it. I am also a kind of wondering how can this happen on the same hard drive. Also i have been hearing sound from the very same internal hard drive, something like "tik tik tik" every one second as if drive is trying to start but some how it keeps failing. I have tried three recovery softwares but none of them suceeded in showing the lost partition, I will definitely try your link and update you.

Hi,
None of the software links show any other partion except for C:\ which is the 75GB partition, how will they recover any partion that they are not able to see for themselves.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

Please...a screencap of your Disk Management window would help greatly.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

Please...a screencap of your Disk Management window would help greatly.

Hi D_Know_WD and USAFet,

How do I insert screen shot into this, I tried copy and paste but it does not work. The "A" function is asking for URL, so how can I insert the image into the forum such that you can view it, kindly let me know.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

How to:
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2580030/detailed-instructions-posting-images-tom-hardware.html

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

Hi D_Know_WD and USAFet,

Thank you for the help, I hope both of you will be able to open the file.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

D_Know_WD :

Hi D_Know_WD,

Here is the screenshot image, in case you did not receive it while answering to USAFRet.

http://i63.tinypic.com/2hgfmro.jpg

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

I'm seeing a Disk 0, physical size of 75GB. Which is the C partition.
Is there supposed to be something else on there?

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

Yes, there was supposed to be another partition which is D, and it contained about 200 GB of data, which vanished.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

USAFRet :

Yes, there was supposed to be another partition which is D, and it contained about 200 GB of data, which vanished.

A partition, or a whole other physical drive?
Because that Disk 0 appears to be a single 75GB drive.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

A partition, or a whole other physical drive?
Because that Disk 0 appears to be a single 75GB drive.

It is just another partition on the same Disk 0, not another physical drive.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

USAFRet :

It is just another partition on the same Disk 0, not another physical drive.

Next up, show us a screencap of Device Manager, with the Disk Drives expanded.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

Next up, show us a screencap of Device Manager, with the Disk Drives expanded.

Here is the screen shot of Device manager

http://i68.tinypic.com/acvt51.jpg

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

That is showing a single physical drive, a Seagate Barracuda ST380011A.
Which is an 80GB hard drive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148015
https://www.amazon.com/ST380011A-Seagate-Barracuda-7200-7-Drive/dp/B000H3EJ2A

ArtPog · Jun 28, 2016

Somebody must have come in the dead of night and substituted this 80 GB Seagate for your 500 GB disk. It happens.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

Next up:
Open the case. Take a picture of where the drive(s) are.
Post it here.

Your D is/was a second drive that has:
Died
Become disconnected
A bad cable

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

That is a 500 GB hard drive. I cannot take a shot of the drive right away as I have to remove the CPU, so it will take a while to give you picture

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

OK...forget taking the PC apart.
Install and run CrystalDiskInfo, and screencap that here.

So far, all I see is a single 80GB drive.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

I have installed the above said software and it too shows 80 GB only, but I have purchase time bill and it shows 500 GB and physically also it showed the same until June 25. Right now tinypic image upload is not functioning at my end, otherwise I would have uploaded both crystaldiskinfo screen shot as well as the bill.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

So we have 3 different applications, Disk Management, Device Manager, and CrystalDiskInfo...all showing this to be a Seagate Barracuda ST380011A, of 80GB.

Your purchase invoice labeling it to be a 500GB drive has nothing to do with what the actual physical drive is.

Either the shop where you bought it ripped you off, or the NewDriveFairy snuck in and swapped your 500GB drive out for the 80GB, or there is another, now disconnected/broken drive in there.

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND · Jun 28, 2016

USAFRet :

only the second one could have happen, because this hard drive is in use from 25 October 2013. I would provide the screenshot but tinypic is not functioning at my end. Will keep trying so you can have a look too at the physical drive picture.

USAFRet · Jun 28, 2016

RAJ-BHEL-HYD-IND :

http://imgur.com/ also works for screenshots.

PArtition vanishes after restart and never appears back again.

Commendable

Judicious

Commendable

Judicious

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Admirable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Commendable

Titan

Share this page