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SeekJChrist

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Hello tom's hardware community. I recently installed VirtualBox to install a virtual operating system (Ubuntu). In the middle of the virtual installation something went wrong so I shut down such virtual process. Later on, I noticed that my secondary disk F was not present, only Local disk C.

UPDATE> Will it do any harm if I go to ''My Computer'', right click and select ''undo delete'' maybe it's as simple as that or maybe that will cause major problems on trying to recover the disk.

Disk F, the root of it, is the place where the IMAGE of the virtual operating system was going to be saved on.

Maybe I set the virtual disk size too big (200GB) although my secondary drive F had about 300GB put of 500GB of free space. I deleted all the files associated to the associated virtual box (.ISO etc) for a fresh new start but maybe that was the problem I don't know.

I tried doing a system restore but after receiving the following message, I decided not to do so:
''Changes made to drive(s) F after this point cannot be reversed because the drive was either excluded from system restore monitoring or removed...''
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/75854-45-system-restore

I'd appreciate any help on recovering the drive not present. Hopefully the archives in it as well.
 
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bjornl
undo delete won't help. That's not what it is for. It is for files in your trashcan.

If your disk does not show up in disk management it is one of the following:
Dead disk (blow blown controller card on the disk most likely) - solution = replace disk
bad cables - solution = replace cables
loose cables - solution = re-seat cables

In the above image you do not have disk management selected. Did you try to select it? Did you scroll in the window to see if it was just down lower in the list.

You can see if the disk is in your bios in the BIOS load scree which displays during boot. You enter your bios with a variety of key strokes. which one varies with the PC model. The most common are F2 or F11 or F12, this will allow you to see...
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Is F: a virtual only disk or a physical disk?

If it is a virtual disk, it is likely gone since interrupting the install process can cause all sorts of problems.

If it was a physical disk (and it sounds as if it might have (300 of 500 free), then check in diskmanager. To get there in Windows 7, right click on My Computer, select MANAGE and you'll find it under STORAGE. see if the device is there and if so what state it is in. To find it in Windows 10, just enter disk in to the "cortana" search box.
If it is not in Diskmanager, check if it shows up in BIOS (reboot enter BIOS and check available disks. With the PC turned off, check your cabling.
 
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UPDATE> Will it do any harm if I go to ''My Computer'', right click and select ''undo delete'' maybe it's as simple as that. Or maybe that itself will cause major problems on trying to recover the disk.

So I clicked on disk management and the physical secondary disk F was not present. Only the main disk C
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. I'm using windows XP. I have no idea how to enter BIOS so im searching youtube for a quick explanation. I don't think cabling is the problem. In the middle of the virtual installation, I got a message warning that the files or archives or something in S.... something (RELATED to my disk F) would be overwritten, and the error was also related to this S... something. Thank you for the suppor bjornl
 
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undo delete won't help. That's not what it is for. It is for files in your trashcan.

If your disk does not show up in disk management it is one of the following:
Dead disk (blow blown controller card on the disk most likely) - solution = replace disk
bad cables - solution = replace cables
loose cables - solution = re-seat cables

In the above image you do not have disk management selected. Did you try to select it? Did you scroll in the window to see if it was just down lower in the list.

You can see if the disk is in your bios in the BIOS load scree which displays during boot. You enter your bios with a variety of key strokes. which one varies with the PC model. The most common are F2 or F11 or F12, this will allow you to see if the disk is detected at a more leisurely pace than the screen the flashes and disappears.
 
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The secondary disk is not detected in the BIOS setup menu. The right-click and ''undo delete'' is no longer an option in the ''My Computer'' explorer window. Restarting the PC has removed that option. I wonder if it was undo delete was to basically undo the deleted or removed disk but I forgot about that and I woud've never restarted it. Oh well. I hope it wasn't the only way to recover the undetected disk. Thank you for your patience. I'll be patient as well.
 
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SeekJChrist

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Yes I'm sorry I uploaded the wrong image but I indeed selected Disk Management but only disk C was listed.
In the Disk Configuration in the BIOS setup, Disk F was also not present or not detected.Loose cables might be the problem. Thank you. I'll check tomorrow. Thank you BJornl
 
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