Lost Disk Partition


  1. sanfly
    Posts : 1
    Windows 7
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    Lost Disk Partition


    Hi

    I have my hard drive partitioned into two parts. C: where I keep windows and program files, e: where I keep all my other files

    All of a sudden, my E drive is showing up in My Computer as 'Removable Storage', and when I try and click on it, it says "Please insert a disk into removable disk (E:)"

    When I look in my Disk Manager, it shows that partition as Free Space

    Any ideas what might be going on here? Any suggestions on how to recover all my data?
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  3. Arc
    Posts : 35,373
    Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
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    Hi Sanfly .... welcome aboard :)

    Can you please post a screenshot of your disk management window ?
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    You may use Recuva to try a recovery .

    If it fails, try the partition recovery option of the Partition Wizard Bootable CD .
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  4. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    Are you sure that there was not just a change of partition numbering.
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  6. mjf
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    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
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    It looks like something has taken over the partition letter assignment for E:
    which is often a CD/DVD drive assignment letter.
    Did you recently install a DVD device or what letter was any existing CD drive before?
    Did you recently install a virtual CD drive (eg. Daemon tools)?

    I doubt you will have lost your data but a screenshot of Disk management as suggested is required.
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