Question: I lost the D-partition in My Computer
I opened My Computer, but couldn’t find it and I don’t know where it is or how to return it.I went to Disk Management and found it available as free space.
So I tried to make it NTFS, but I had to format the drive and I don’t want to, since it will erase my data.
Does anyone know how I can restore my partition without losing my data?
Answer: Try using TestDisk, which is excellent at rebuilding NTFS partitions. ?It’s available on the Knoppix Linux distribution, so you can boot using the Knoppix Live CD and recover from there.
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TestDisk is a powerful free data ?recovery software! It was primarily ?designed to help recover lost ?partitions and/or make non-booting ?disks bootable again when these ?symptoms are caused by faulty ?software, certain types of viruses or ?human error (such as accidentally ?deleting a Partition Table). Partition ?table recovery using TestDisk is ?really easy.
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TestDisk can:
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- Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
- Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
- Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
- Fix FAT tables
- Rebuild NTFS boot sector
- Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
- Fix MFT using MFT mirror
- Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
- Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
- Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.
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TestDisk has features for both novices ?and experts. For those who know little ?or nothing about data recovery ?techniques, TestDisk can be used to ?collect detailed information about a ?non-booting drive which can then be ?sent to a tech for further analysis. ?Those more familiar with such ?procedures should find TestDisk a ?handy tool in performing onsite ?recovery.