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  1. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
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       #51

    jumanji said:
    Never mind. We are now dealing with an intermittent drive and banking on good luck. We can't expect everything to go by the rule book.

    May be you need to shut down your PC, remove the drive, reboot, plugin your drive and retry. If in Windows Disk Management it shows up as three RAW partitions close WDM ,start TestDisk.And hold there.

    I shall be back in about 15 minutes to ascertain the position.

    okay, Partition manager screenshot I shared, that info is gone...this disk is really erratic at this time
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  2. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #52

    prashantsbhatia said:
    okay, Partition manager screenshot I shared, that info is gone...this disk is really erratic at this time

    Am going to restart the laptop and see if something comes up. Be back in few mins...
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  3. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #53

    The basic fact is you cannot run too many drive-seeking programs together,

    If Partition Wizard is currently running, close WDM, Bootice, and TestDisk.

    We shall do a partition Recovery with Partition Wizard and locate the correct partitions.
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  4. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #54

    jumanji said:
    The basic fact is you cannot run too many drive-seeking programs together,

    If Partition Wizard is currently running, close WDM, Bootice, and TestDisk.

    We shall do a partition Recovery with Partition Wizard and locate the correct partitions.
    Alright, point noted. Am back online and will plug in my device to see what I get. Keep you posted..
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  5. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #55

    Yes , restart and run Partition Wizard only or try to get to the same Partition Wizard screen showing the partitions. Of course there is one too many and that is why I want to run Partition Recovery with Partition Wizard and write the correct partition table. Of course I am assuming that you will be able to get back to tha same PW screen you posted last in your post# 49.
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  6. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #56

    jumanji said:
    Yes , restart and run Partition Wizard only or try to get to the same Partition Wizard screen showing the partitions. Of course there is one too many and that is why I want to run Partition Recovery with Partition Wizard and write the correct partition table. Of course I am assuming that you will be able to get back to tha same PW screen you posted last in your post# 49.
    I am able to access the device's dell recovery partition (useless to me but at least am able to access it). However not the other two drives...will keep trying and let you know
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  7. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #57

    jumanji said:
    Yes , restart and run Partition Wizard only or try to get to the same Partition Wizard screen showing the partitions. Of course there is one too many and that is why I want to run Partition Recovery with Partition Wizard and write the correct partition table. Of course I am assuming that you will be able to get back to tha same PW screen you posted last in your post# 49.
    This is what it shows up as of now...how to copy the data from partition wizard? if I click on copy, it says it needs an unallocated space...
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails WD laptop HDD not loading-capture8.png  
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  8. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #58

    You cannot copy files from PW. Only on TestDisk you can copy files.( Can you not access the drive I : 102.7 GB in Windows? Try and see but do not close PW. You can also right click on that partition in PW and explore. (If your files are shown you can use the Copy Partition Wizard in PW to copy the partition to another drive. I haven't done it anytime before and so may not be able to help you on that Keep it as a second option only if you are unable to do a partition recovery as detailed below)

    Now that you have Partition Wizard showing up, you can try Partition Recovery.

    On the left Pane click on Partition Recovery Wizard> Next > Select your problem drive > Next > Full Disk > Next> QuickScan > Next. Allow the quickscan to complete. At the end of the quickscan you will get a window showing all the found partitions. Post a screenshot of it.

    Out of the partitions shown, you have to select only those partitions that would make the preview map in that Window look the same as the drive was before that is the same three partitons you had, the System Reserved partition, your C drive and the Recovery partition.( Do you remember how much was your C drive space and how much was your recovery drive?

    But I would request you to post the screenshot so that I can try to workout which partitions to select.
    Last edited by jumanji; 04 Mar 2017 at 09:02.
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  9. Posts : 7,055
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
       #59

    How to Copy partition with Partition Wizard : How to Copy Partition | MiniTool Partition Wizard Tutorial

    Use an empty formatted drive as a safety measure and Try this only if Partition Recovery could not be made.
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  10. Posts : 38
    win 8.1 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #60

    jumanji said:
    You cannot copy files from PW. Only on TestDisk you can copy files.( Can you not access the drive I : 102.7 GB in Windows? Try and see but do not close PW. You can also right click on that partition in PW and explore. (If your files are shown you can use the Copy Partition Wizard in PW to copy the partition to another drive. I haven't done it anytime before and so may not be able to help you on that Keep it as a second option only if you are unable to do a partition recovery as detailed below)

    Now that you have Partition Wizard showing up, you can try Partition Recovery.

    On the left Pane click on Partition Recovery Wizard> Next > Select your problem drive > Next > Full Disk > Next> QuickScan > Next. Allow the quickscan to complete. At the end of the quickscan you will get a window showing all the found partitions. Post a screenshot of it.

    Out of the partitions shown, you have to select only those partitions that would make the preview map in that Window look the same as the drive was before that is the same three partitons you had, the System Reserved partition, your C drive and the Recovery partition.( Do you remember how much was your C drive space and how much was your recovery drive?

    But I would request you to post the screenshot so that I can try to workout which partitions to select.

    scanning in progress...keep you posted Jumanji..
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails WD laptop HDD not loading-capture9.png  
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