Raw Filesystem

[gheron]

Hi,

Was wondering if anybody could help. I am usually quite good with computer problems, and a mate brought in an 80Gb disk that has suddenly stopped working.

I managed to get the disk set up as a slave, and it has 2 partitions on it, but in MyComputer when I try to access partitions, I get the message that the disk must be formatted.

I used Run--->MMC and added the disk management snap-in, and noticed that the partitions have no filesystem, it is in raw format. Does this mean that data is lost, or can I recover it? Also tried CHKDSK, SCANDISK and gave partition magic a go, but nothing recognises the disk.

Cheers

Edited September 28, 2005 by gheron

[big poppa pump]

It basically means the parition table is screwed up on that hard disk. You need to use some recovery program to rebuild the partition table and get acess to the partitions.

[gheron]

Ok cheers, al have a look for a partition recovery tool. I thought partition magic might do it, but when i run it, i get the message that the drive has 2 different geometerys, and then partition magic closes.

Just found TestDisk dos utility, will have a go with it.