Missing Partition

HMonk said:

Are you saying that the partition IS NOT reported in Disk Management?

Monk

He can't get in disk management

HMonk said:

Are you saying that the partition IS NOT reported in Disk Management?

Monk

Disc management wont even open

C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe The specific path does not exist.


is the message

Sorry folks: missed the non-existent path.

Monk

Boot up Free Partition Wizard Bootable CD you may be able to recover the partitions. Click Disk at the top of the main interface, then Partition Recovery on the left pane. Do a quick scan. Then tick ALL the partitions you want to keep, ok, apply.

From the sound of it , there is something wrong with your installation anyway - so you may just prefer to reinstall.

Honestly your best bet is going to be just reinstalling, and is there any reason you are using multiple partitions anyway? I really haven't heard of anyone seriously using that on personal computers since we went to NTFS file systems (Unless for a dual boot config with linux or some such)

I use multiple partitions all the time. I recommend others do the same.

For what purpose, though? How is that more efficient?

Thanks everyone, I think that I am reinstalling, I just need an instruction on how to wipe both partitions off the harddrive and create two new ones.... What program to use or how to run out of the boot command log...

Basically, if the above post is a bit unclear... I need to know how to manage the partitions before going into windows and to wipe the two I have on it and create two new ones, one system primary, and one logical/extended..

Well, you should see the partitions\unallocated space during the Windows setup process. I would think that would be more than adequate to address your partitioning needs if you are in fact doing a complete reinstall. It's a bummer to have to do it that way. I hope that you didn't lose a lot of work