-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Dying hard drive

A buddy of mine mentioned to me about partition table doctor.  He has
used that in a similar situation as yours.  He said it works well.  He
did a partition rebuild and the data came back.   Here is a link to
where it can read about.  http://www.ptdd.com/


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[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tricia
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Thanks GMan. What would be a good utility that would repair the
partition?
At 06:57 PM 10/3/2008, you wrote:
>Actually, I may have hit this one right on the thumb.  I meant to type
>partition table but my fingers had other ideas.     lol
>
>In any case, the only two explanations I know of for anything like this
>would be that the entire partition itself is hidden (usually done
>intentionally within a partition modifying program) OR that the
partition
>table somehow got hosed.
>
>If the partition is just hidden, it wouldn't show up within Windows at
all.
>That's the entire purpose of hiding it in the first place.  So that
leaves a
>bad table as the only thing that makes sense to me.
>
>The fix for a bad table requires the use of a partitioning utility with
the
>ability to attempt these types of repairs.  Ideally, you would first
use an
>imaging utility to make a complete byte for byte backup of the
partition as
>a single image file.  The image file would be stored on a different
>partition, of course.  This would allow you to recover if the table
>rebuilding process isn't successful.  It may also be possible to run
file
>recovery software on a copy of this image and get your files back that
way,
>but I'm not making any promises here.
>
>Within the partitioning software, you would select your second physical
>drive from the list, then the I: drive within it and then choose
Rebuild
>Partition Table (or similar) from the app's menus.  Acronis Disk
Director is
>unable to do this.  Partition Magic includes a utility called
>"PartitionInfo" that can analyze the table for all sorts of issues like
>this, but the program itself is not designed for making the repairs,
either.
>So, you will need to seek a more specialized utility that does handle
these
>issues.
>
>And before you DO try running any repair utilities, it's very much in
your
>best interest to read the bottom half of the following page (Most
Current
>Related Article... section).  Although the overall page is an ad for a
>specific PT repair app, it provides some info about how things can go
wrong.
>
>http://www.atl-datarecovery.com/partition-recovery/bp.htm
>
>Peace,
>Gman
>
>"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kevin Flowers" <kevin.f.flowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 3:48 PM
>Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Dying hard drive
>
>
> > Gman has probably hit it right on the head as usual.
> >
> > Have your tired to reactivate the partition in computer
management-disk
> > management?  What does that say about the I drive?
>
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