ide hdd not showing up ! ! !

[ax3]

<< 1 >> my old ide hdd 40 gb segate is being detected by bios and device manager but doesn't show up in the explorer ... my current pc has 500gb sata hdd with xp & a dvd rom. so wanted 2 connect my old hdd as it was diconnected for 2 months ... it hasnt deadent off ... how do i get it on explorer ???


<< 2 >> to this same drive my frd accidently formated c drive where xp was installed, so lost the partition table .... i can c my data on hdd using data recovery software bt any software which might bring back the table ???

[thetechfreak]

Try using hdd with linux distribution and see if it gets detected. You might also try to reset BIOS by removing the CMOS battery.

and for Partition Table Recovery, here is a Google Search to help you

how to recover partiton table - Google Search

[ax3]

thanx 4 reply .... do u know any software which might actually re-create just the old partition table on the drive & not os .... i dont need xp just the pt ???

as using data recovery software, i can c whole of my data .... cant any data recovery software just b able to copy the partition table only from that scan ???

[agyaat]

There's a similar issue with my hdd. Possible causes I attribute it to are
a) lack of earthing messed up something, so it was caused.(shows up sometimes even in bios, and sometimes not.)
b) partition table got corrupt. I re-installed Windows and Linux either together or one OS alone quite a few times.
c) incompatibility of dual OS and the file systems gave rise to a ghost drive letter for an existing HD partition!!
d) ... ...

[mithun_mrg]

Connect ur HDD boot up right click My Computer >Click Manage
On Computer Management click Disk Management see there if u can locate ur 40 GB HDD

[ax3]

@mithun_mrg ... yes i can very well see it, plz read my 2nd option [formatted xp] ... i even tried stellar trial version & it shows my data ... bt my ? is if data recovery software can c all my data, through it cant i restore/write the partition table & hence use it as a normally hdd ?

[mithun_mrg]

Originally Posted by ax3

@mithun_mrg ... yes i can very well see it, plz read my 2nd option [formatted xp] ... i even tried stellar trial version & it shows my data ... bt my ? is if data recovery software can c all my data, through it cant i restore/write the partition table & hence use it as a normally hdd ?

Dear AX3

with a trial version u can only see the data recovery is not possible try getting ontrack easy recovery professional if the data is very important

[ax3]

@mithun_mrg ... thanx 4 reply ... trail cannot go beyond certain mb, am trying free 1 ... bt still, if data recovery software can c all my data, through it cant i restore/write the partition table & hence use it as a normally hdd ?

[ax3]

any software which can copy mbr, partition table & restore it back ?

[abhinav_sinha]

Try Hiren's boot cd as it contains some tools for just that purpose. Link- Download Hiren’s BootCD 14.0 | HBCD Fan & Discussion Platform

[ax3]

@abhinav_sinha ... will try that, thanx

[rhitwick]

Did u try Recuva?

If not, try it. It did recover the data for me but mbr, partition table is not possible by it.

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by ax3

any software which can copy mbr, partition table & restore it back ?

buddy 1st concentrate in getting the data intact..& then after u have the successful backup then u can format the HDD (eyes closed)...
which will create the partition table automatically

[silicon_fusion]

@ ax3 u can easily recover ur partition table with the help of few software which is available free of cost in the market..
Try Download Free Partition Recovery Software, Data Recovery Software, Partition Manager.
This is 8 mb software available free of cost and easy to use..
I used this software when i lost my 500 GB HDD partition table...
Another is Acronis Disk Director but is is paid,if u need this then search google (u know 4m where to get this ) .This one is very powerful and risky to handle.

My opinion is go with 1st one..

Best of luck 4 ur HDD

[ax3]

@Zangetsu. it will take a lotta time. anyways thanx.

@silicon_fusion . thanx a lot my frd, will go with it.

[ax3]

in my case, my hdd is shown as dynamic disc [unallocated] in disk management by windows & so does easus partition manager.

if i convert to basic will i lose my data & hidden partition table also ???

[Zangetsu]

Originally Posted by ax3

in my case, my hdd is shown as dynamic disc [unallocated] in disk management by windows & so does easus partition manager.

if i convert to basic will i lose my data & hidden partition table also ???

unallocated means the hdd partition is RAW..no partition table is present.
if u try to allocate a new partition then data will be lost...

so try to recover the data first