lost partition

[tookthatname]

hi i put a new D: drive and new windows xp sp2 on my comp the other day. Then my f: drive could not be found in windows explorer. its a 320 gig WD IDe drive. I found the following info with partition magic. can anyone give me a clue as to what is wrong and what I should do to fix it? thank you

Symantec PartitionInfo 8.0 -- Windows NT/2000 Version
Date Generated: 11/15/06 11:44:49
Copyright (c)1994-2004, Symantec Corporation
Permission is granted for this utility to be freely copied so long
as it is not modified in any way. All other rights are reserved.

Symantec, makers of Norton PartitionMagic(r), Drive Image(tm), and
DriveCopy(tm), can be reached at:
Voice: 801-437-8900
Fax: 801-226-8941
Web site: http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/

General System Information:
Total Physical Memory (bytes): 469,221,376
Used Physical Memory: (bytes): 368,488,448
Maximum Page File Size: (bytes): 1,109,643,264
Current Page File Size: (bytes): 412,311,552

===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 1: 4865 Cylinders, 255 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 1023 254
63 63 78,140,097
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 80 0 1 1 07 4863 254 63 63
78140097

===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 2: 38913 Cylinders, 255 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================

===========================================================================================================
Disk Geometry Information for Disk 3: 41345 Cylinders, 240 Heads,
63 Sectors/Track
System PartSect # Boot BCyl Head Sect FS ECyl Head
Sect StartSect NumSects
===========================================================================================================
0 0 63 368 111 45 07 371 101
51 218,129,5091,701,990,410
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 0 63 14426 133 11 07 126992 13 60
2181295091701990410
Warning: Partition boot flag expected to be 0x00 or 0x80,
not 0x63. This should not be a problem.
Error #105: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 133.
Error #106: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 11.
Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
ucEndCylinder (126992) must be less than 41345.
Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 239, not 13.
Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 60.
0 1 73 67 115 32 74 299 114
44 729,050,177 543,974,724
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 1 73 48217 145 3 74 84194 184 29 729050177
543974724
Warning: Partition boot flag expected to be 0x00 or 0x80,
not 0x73. This should not be a problem.
Error #107: Partition begins after end of disk.
ucBeginCylinder (48217) must be less than 41345.
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 145.
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 3.
Error #109: Partition ends after end of disk.
ucEndCylinder (84194) must be less than 41345.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 239, not 184.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 29.
0 2 74 114 111 32 65 353 115
52 168,653,938 0
Info: Begin C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Info: End C,H,S values were large drive placeholders.
Actual values are:
0 2 74 11154 86 41 65 11154 86 40 168653938
0
Warning: Partition boot flag expected to be 0x00 or 0x80,
not 0x74. This should not be a problem.
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginHead expected to be 0 or 1, not 86.
Info: Partition didn't begin on head boundary.
ucBeginSector expected to be 1, not 41.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndHead expected to be 239, not 86.
Info: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
ucEndSector expected to be 63, not 40.
Info: This partition unexpectedly contains no sectors.

===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 1: 38,162.2 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
C: NTFS Pri,Boot 38,154.3 0 0 63
78,140,097
Unallocated Pri 7.8 None -- 78,140,160
16,065

===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 2: 305,242.8 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
Unallocated Pri 305,242.8 None --
63 625,137,282

===========================================================================================================
Partition Information for Disk 3: 305,242.4 Megabytes
Volume PartType Status Size MB PartSect # StartSect
TotalSects
===========================================================================================================
Unallocated Pri 82,350.5 None -- 63
168,653,875
NetWare Pri,Boot 0.0 0 2 168,653,938
0
Unallocated Pri 24,149.2 None -- 168,663,600
49,457,520
QNX, UN*X Pri,Boot 831,050.0 0 0
218,129,5091,701,990,410
Info: MBR Partition Table not in sequential order.
Type 74 Pri,Boot 265,612.7 0 1
729,050,177 543,974,724
Error #113: Primary partition starting at 729050177 overlaps previous
partition.

===========================================================================================================
Boot Record for drive C: (Drive: 1, Starting sector: 63, Type: NTFS)
===========================================================================================================
1. Jump: EB 52 90
2. OEM Name: NTFS
3. Bytes per Sector: 512
4. Sectors per Cluster: 8
5. Reserved Sectors: 0
6. Number of FATs: 0
7. Root Dir Entries: 0
8. Total Sectors: 0
9. Media Descriptor: 0xF8
10. Sectors per FAT: 0
11. Sectors per Track: 63 (0x3F)
12. Number of Heads: 255 (0xFF)
13. Hidden Sectors: 63 (0x3F)
14. Total Sectors (>32MB): 0 (0x0)
15. Unused: 0x80008000
16. Total NTFS Sectors: 78140096
17. MFT Start Cluster: 786432
18. MFT Mirror Start Clust: 4883756
19. Clusters per FRS: 246
20. Clusters per Index Blk: 1
21. Serial Number: 0x3ED8A43AD8A3EDF9
22. Checksum: 0 (0x0)
23. Boot Signature: 0xAA55

 

[dokk]

HI TOOK: looks like you need to fdisk big time,the partition table on that disk/partition is completely snafu'd,and seems to go beyond the drives logical/real boundarys ,hope you did not loose too much......

 

[irqthecat]

Try Active-Undelete (Google for it). I've had great sucess with it in recovering "lost" partitions both at home and with my customers. Its not free but I have found it well worth it.

Edit: I gave the wrong program. Active Partition Recovery is the one I meant. I do use the Active-Undelete also.

 

[Alyarbank]

This program is very good at recovering lost data/partitions. I've saved many files with this, it's not free but they do have a trial version and it's only $30.00 for a personal license.

Active@File Recovery

Good luck.

 

[sturm]

You didnt by chance have the drives set as dynamic did you? If so your going to need some recovery software as mentioned in above posts.