Lost disk 2 and partition D when installing window 7

shankly769 · 27 Sep 2016

hi here is a shoot of my disk management as described in this post

Windows Update will not update and I've tried multiple fixes

please note that disk f is an external hard disk,

so the problem is that disk D is not there anymore as when i did clean i might chossed the wrong one but before i wrote down the disks capacity and the disk i choosed to clean matched the disk c capacity,now i installed /formatted the c again,

so is there anywhere to bring back this drive?

ThrashZone · 27 Sep 2016

Hi and thanks :)
Did you try free mini tool ?
Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

Lost disk 2 and partition D when installing window 7-mini-tool-disk-partition-recovery-wizard.png

shankly769 · 27 Sep 2016

then what to do?

ThrashZone · 27 Sep 2016

Hi,
After selecting the correct disk just sit and wait for the wizard to complete.
You might get lucky :)

And yes you had a system reserved partition it shows as 101mb unallocated space now.

shankly769 · 27 Sep 2016

i hace disc c which is my c drive and the other one is disk d but what next as i dint see it in my computer

ThrashZone · 27 Sep 2016

Hi,
It looks like windows got installed on the correct disk as where the previous install was on
You'd want to select disk 1 and recovery wizard on it and cross your fingers.

shankly769 · 27 Sep 2016

didnt understood wht to do next

ThrashZone · 27 Sep 2016

Hi,
From your last screen shot you have disk 1 which is where you say D partition was
Just click on partition recovery wizard listing to the left of it.

ThrashZone · 27 Sep 2016

Hi Oops looks like it found some files

Lost disk 2 and partition D when installing window 7-apply.png

AddRAM · 27 Sep 2016

This is why you always disconnect the power cable from any other drives before attempting to install Windows.