Most probably it happened because the installation of Linux and then cancelling it half way through messed up your MBR. Unlikely that your drive was hacked.
Noanii said:
Kevin Ismail said:
Hi Noanii
Can you attach the screenshot of disk management?
or
try viewing it using third party partition program. (Easeus or partition wizard will do)
It's possible when you cancel the installation, Linux already get the hand to D partition.
Kevin.
well......i have used a recovery software and right now i am recovering it.............but guyz please tell me the why this happened..............did anyone tried to hack my drive ???
when i do this CMD says Access denied as you do not have sufficient privileges
you have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode..........what does this mean and i want to know why my drive is behaving like this??
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: ACER ASPIRE 5742G OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bits 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1 CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU M 370 @ 2.40GHz Motherboard: Acer Aspire 5742G Memory: 4,00 GB Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5400 Series Sound Card: (1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz Hard Drives: WDC WD5000BEVT-22ZAT0
when i do this CMD says Access denied as you do not have sufficient privileges
you have to invoke this utility running in elevated mode..........what does this mean and i want to know why my drive is behaving like this??
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