I have a system with four partitions. I wanted to create a clean Windows 2000 installation on one partition while leaving the other partitions intact. During Win2K Setup, I chose the Delete partition option on Setup's disk-management screen—and much to my dismay, all four partitions disappeared. I've used a few disk utilities to examine the disk and all my data seems to be intact. Can I rewrite the lost partition entries to recover the partition information?

A third-party data-recovery tool such as Ontrack's EasyRecovery might be useful in your situation. You can download a free trial version of EasyRecovery to determine what, if anything, the utility will be able to recover. (For more product ideas, see Buyer's Guide, "Disk Recovery Tools," June 2003, http://www.winnetmag.com, InstantDoc ID 38937.) If third-party software can't help, you might consult a data-recovery firm such as Ontrack, Data Recovery Services, or DriveSavers Data Recovery.

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I am using Windows XP. I have similar problems to you guys. I was trying to merge two partitions into one using Partition Magic 8.0, the process was stopped half way, the application restart. It prompt a incomplete task and asked me to continue, but the Patition Magic 8.0 went hang immediately. The type of the incomplete partition is Pgrp, not FAT32 or FAT or NTFS.

What should I do to restore my partition or recover my data in this corrupted partitions? Please Help.

Eric KOH- April 23, 2004

I LOST MY PARTITION DUE TO 24 OF APRIL VIRUS HOW I RECOVER IT

ALI- May 15, 2004

hey eric i had similar problem with partition magic 7.0 however partition magic restored my partition table. just make sure that before running the app u r antivirus software is disabled & also it takes a lot of time (on my p4 512mb ram) it took 2 hours so it is best if u just leave the app running as it is yes windows says it is not responding but don't worry it is working in background. hope this solves u r problem cheers

and now ali don't panic follow this link & download this software this will help you here is the link http://www.partition-recovery.com/download.htm

aditya- May 22, 2004

i have same pb like eric my win show me only c: but i have other partion and in partion magic 8 tell me that is unloctated plz help plz mail me to zdig1@yahoo.fr plzzzzzzzz

Anonymous User- December 19, 2004

I have simular prob. I was partitioning my (D) 2nd.hd into 2 parts, it's a 160mb 2nd harddrive and I wanted a 131mb and 59mb partition but it stopped responging so I rebooted and now my whole (D) drive is lost! It shows 131mb drive in the window but I can't access it and it doesn't show the 2nd half of the partition at all. I was using partition magic v8. Do you have any suggestions? Thank you....

Anonymous User- January 07, 2005

Patition Magic

Anonymous User- January 09, 2005

Article Rating 1 out of 5

I also have a issue, as I have added mor memory and had more partions. I had to use my recovery cd. 98, it stops mid stream wont let me install the operating system. How do I fix that?

Anonymous User- January 11, 2005

hmm, created a 20gb partition on my disk to install Longhorn alpha and now the 50gb original XP partition is unallocated and cnt access it.

any way reabling the partion, because wot i originaly wanted was a Dual Boot start up.

Anonymous User- January 20, 2005

hmm, created a 20gb partition on my disk to install Longhorn alpha and now the 50gb original XP partition is unallocated and cnt access it.

any way reabling the partion, because wot i originaly wanted was a Dual Boot start up. Email me at welshwizard@gmail.com if u have answers.

Thnks

Anonymous User- January 20, 2005

I was reloading WindowsXP on my laptop and I was backing up files on my USB external drive. well, I didnt disconnect it when I was done and accidently deleted the partition in Window setup...DOH!!! Any suggestions?

Anonymous User- January 20, 2005

good

Anonymous User- February 02, 2005

i need patition magic software

Anonymous User- March 26, 2005

Article Rating 5 out of 5

aditya -thanks, perfect programme

Anonymous User- June 07, 2005

Article Rating 5 out of 5