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Did you try unplugging your keyboard and plugging it back in?
Did you try unplugging your keyboard and plugging it back in?
Have you tried the partition recovery software in my previous post? It has been known to fix the RAW drive issue in Vista.
Carl, please let us know the status of your problem. I have successfully duplicated your problem on an external drive, and recovered it using the partition recovery software Free Partition Recovery Software - Recover Deleted FAT/NTFS/Ext2/Ext3 Partition.
Have you tried TestDisk? TestDisk Step By Step - CGSecurity
TestDisk looks a bit complicated for the average user. You could try installing the partition recovery from Free Partition Recovery Software - MiniTool Partition Recovery is a Free Partition Recovery, Active Partition Recovery, Deleted Partition Recovery, Windows Partition Recovery, Disk Partition Recovery, NTFS Partition Recovery tool. and see if this helps. I tested this, and it seems like it is hanging during the scan process, but it actually is working. May take a couple hours to run on a large drive. Took about a half hour on my 40 GB drive. Just don't cancel during the scan if it looks like it is hanging because it is actually running.
Edit: Run the quick scan
Carl, I've checked a dozen or so forums on this issue (including the other one you posted in), and it seems that people helping tend to give up and the person in your spot ends up with a lost drive.
I just wanted you to know that I will stick with you and figure this out with you if I can.
trying that now mate, gonna take 14 hours to complete so will have to get back when its done. thanks for all your help so far
I'm still here too. I thought if we got a drive letter assigned, it would make it recognize the partition. Guess I was wrong. It appears writhziden is having better ideas than me. Hope it works, but I will be here and try to help if I can.