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MilanT

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Hey guys,
I am in some trouble (still not serious enough thou). Recently i made 2 more partitions on my HDD and installed some Linux distros (4 of them) as virtual drives. At that point I noticed that I was suffering major data loss on the partition where I kept those Linux distros (downloaded via torrent). At a point I lost about 10GB out of nowhere. I checked that partition and Windows found an error and repaired it. But shortly after it happened again. I scaned for viruses, but found nothing.
Whenever I try searching on google, I always get links for data recovery software... I am pretty desperate at this point.
Any idea what might be going on? Is my HDD slowly dying on me? Should I merge the partitions back? Could it be the virtual machines fault (using VMware Player)?
I would appreciate any kind of suggestion! Tnx in advance.
 
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Mount your hard drive and launch Disk Utility. within the drive pane choose the hard drive you would like to partition (not the degree on the drive however the drive itself). Click on the Partition tab that appeared once you elect the drive.

The Partition Layout space can show you a graphic representation of your arduous drive—it are going to be one partition partially coloured blue (the blue indicates the portion of the drive that contains data, however not its location on the drive). Your opening is to size this partition. will|you'll|you'll be able to} try this by dragging au fait all-time low right corner of this image (where you see the 3 grey lines) otherwise you can simply enter a replacement price within the Size field (700GB...
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MilanT

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Tnx for the suggestion. I just ran the test from Data Lifeguard Diagnostics. both quick and extended test passed without any kind of problem. What would be the next step?

 
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Technically you can do a surface scan, but that can run for nearly a full day for large drives. And it still isn't definitive really. Can't rule out a drive problem, but at this point I'd lean towards some sort of software issue causing file corruption. Hopefully some Linux gurus will notice this thread and chime in.
 
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MilanT

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Sorry, forgot to mention that this is happening under Windows 10 Pro 64-bit.

 
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Mount your hard drive and launch Disk Utility. within the drive pane choose the hard drive you would like to partition (not the degree on the drive however the drive itself). Click on the Partition tab that appeared once you elect the drive.

The Partition Layout space can show you a graphic representation of your arduous drive—it are going to be one partition partially coloured blue (the blue indicates the portion of the drive that contains data, however not its location on the drive). Your opening is to size this partition. will|you'll|you'll be able to} try this by dragging au fait all-time low right corner of this image (where you see the 3 grey lines) otherwise you can simply enter a replacement price within the Size field (700GB, for example).

Now click the and (+) button below the partition to feature another partition. By default it'll consume the remaining area on the drive. you'll be able to add additional partitions, if you wish, by clicking on the and button. to vary their size use the scale field.

When you’re able to partition the drive, click on the Apply button. (If you modify your mind, click on Revert to place things back the approach they were.) Disk Utility can approach its business, ensuring that your data remains on the primary partition in addition as making the extra partition.
 
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