Partition gonne

[Dutchman]

Dear,

Recently i got a new 300gb HD, which i divided into partitions like this:

partition 1: 30gb "mother"

partition 2: 30gb "brother"

partition 3: 30gb "sister"

partition 4: 5gb "Programs" (With setups of programs i like to have available instantly)

partition 5: 5gb "Linux" (FAT32 to be converted later on to a linux file system, was still empy)

partition 6: 200gb "Data" (with many images and series that where ready to be burned and stored).

further i have a own 200gb HD that i use for myself, and got its windows on it.

(partitions 1-4 + 6 are NTFS)

the new (300gb) disk is master the other slave.

I wanted to give partitions 1 to 3 each a own fresh install of windows, so when for exp. my brother messes something up my mom and sister dont get affected.

I succesfully installed partitions 1 and 2, with all programs and drivers i wanted. And both worked perfect.

Than this afternoon i wanted to install the final partition (3):

I put in de XP Pro CD (slipstreamed to SP2) in, let my PC reboot, and while it was doing that i want to get something to drink and grap a cookie.

When i came back i saw on the setup disc controler (or hower ya want to call it) that my primimair HD was brought back to "unpartitioned space" i thought that something was wrong with the setup or something and i let my PC reboot, and guess what... no MBR anymore than i put in a Linux life DVD (KNOPPIX, from where i am also typing this) and i confirmed that my entire disc didnt get recognised anymore.

I assume that only something is wrong with the partitions not with the data because i was only afk for a minute or 2, so it didnt format.

Now does anyone know how i can restore this without any dataloss? there is a lot of data on there that i dont want to lose.

yours DM

(btw to be clear, i dont have access to windows on this computer right now, and i am a totall noob with linux)

[ripken204]

if u want to you could try to install it to the linux part if theres nothing important on there, or maybe if you have another hdd u can plug in

[Dutchman]

there is no linux part anymore it is just one big 300gb unpartitioned space now (though data should still be on it)

[ripken204]

well that sucks, do you have any other drive that you could put in there? or maybe you can find some partition magic floppy disk but im not too sure that the disk would work

[Dutchman]

Well in linux i can still mount the 2nd (Slave) 200gb HD and got stil windows on it but i cant boot it

[Dutchman]

but there is no way to restore those partitions, in theire original stata so that the data can be used/accessed again?

[jaclaz]

but there is no way to restore those partitions, in theire original stata so that the data can be used/accessed again?

Yes, most probably TESTDISK can do the trick:

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=50179

http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.html

make sure you READ the docs before attempting using it.

jaclaz

[Dutchman]

IT IS BACK UP!!! wOOt thx guys (esp. jaclaz)!

TESTDISK did the trick B)

[jaclaz]

Only too happy to have been of help.

jaclaz

Edited October 29, 2005 by jaclaz