Hard disk not detected....

mohit · 15-08-2007, 04:59 AM

Hi,

I had two hard disks installed, one form Samsung (40 gb, master on IDE0), and from Seagate (160 gb, master on IDE1) with 256 MB RAM.

It was running fine until i installed 1 GB RAM more and restarted the system. The system didnt boot up and displayed an error of corrupt "ntoskernel". Then i tried installing windows xp in the root partition (which is on Samsung). And when I booted up into it, I could not see my Seagate harddisk in "my computer" and all its partitions(3 of them).

I went into the Computer Management, there it is showing the second hardisk as unallocated disk space.

I have seriously no idea what went wrong with my system.

Please help me out.

Thanks...

Impotence · 15-08-2007, 08:16 AM

try putting the hard drive into another computer, if that doesn't work then your partition table has been nuked (deleted) by the windows installer.

what is on the drive that you are trying to read? (MP3's, video's?)

donkey42 · 15-08-2007, 08:43 AM

Double post in two separate forums, please delete one, the other post

mohit · 15-08-2007, 08:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Impotence

try putting the hard drive into another computer, if that doesn't work then your partition table has been nuked (deleted) by the windows installer.

what is on the drive that you are trying to read? (MP3's, video's?)

That drive actually had three partitions with one having XP on it, and the other two having all sorts of data but as can be seen below, it is showing the whole drive having no partitions in the systems information.

Please refer to this system information...

Can I get that data back through any means?

Impotence · 15-08-2007, 12:11 PM

i should be able to help you get most of it back, but unfortunately the only way that i know how to do it the original file names are lost.

what are the types of file(s) that you want to recover? (the extension)

[EDIT]

I think i might have found a way to recover the partition table, what where the filesystems of the 3 partitions on the HDD?

Off Topic:

Welcome to hardwareforums

sorry i didn't realise you where a new member

mohit · 15-08-2007, 12:30 PM

They were all of NTFS file system.

As of now, I am using Partition Recovery for this purpose, and its scanning the disk for lost partitions but haven't found any yet........keeping my fingers crossed...
I have tried Acronis director suite as well, but it didnt worked out....

Impotence · 15-08-2007, 12:35 PM

if 'Partition recovery' fails then i would suggest you try testdisk

and if that fails, you can still get the files back with Photorec (i have only ever used it in Linux before, i was very impressed though [it saved a years worth of a friends baby photo's])

mohit · 17-08-2007, 01:48 PM

He he
It finally got solved and i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw those partitions in front of me.....

Actually partition table had got bad and i got it corrected using Partition Table Doctor 3.5......it found those partitions and got the partition table corrected...

The only real trouble i had after this was giving those partitions their old labels as i couldn't remember their earlier ones

A lot of thanx to you people.....

Impotence · 17-08-2007, 06:50 PM

no problem, its what were here to do!

well done btw

15-08-2007, 04:59 AM	# 1 (permalink) Top
mohit Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 5 My Mood: Confused Status: Offline	Hard disk not detected.... Hi, I had two hard disks installed, one form Samsung (40 gb, master on IDE0), and from Seagate (160 gb, master on IDE1) with 256 MB RAM. It was running fine until i installed 1 GB RAM more and restarted the system. The system didnt boot up and displayed an error of corrupt "ntoskernel". Then i tried installing windows xp in the root partition (which is on Samsung). And when I booted up into it, I could not see my Seagate harddisk in "my computer" and all its partitions(3 of them). I went into the Computer Management, there it is showing the second hardisk as unallocated disk space. I have seriously no idea what went wrong with my system. Please help me out. Thanks...

15-08-2007, 08:16 AM	# 2 (permalink) Top
Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 1,904 Times Helpful: 128 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	try putting the hard drive into another computer, if that doesn't work then your partition table has been nuked (deleted) by the windows installer. what is on the drive that you are trying to read? (MP3's, video's?) __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 1,904 Times Helpful: 128 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	i should be able to help you get most of it back, but unfortunately the only way that i know how to do it the original file names are lost. what are the types of file(s) that you want to recover? (the extension) [EDIT] I think i might have found a way to recover the partition table, what where the filesystems of the 3 partitions on the HDD? Off Topic: Welcome to hardwareforums sorry i didn't realise you where a new member __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war? Last edited by Impotence; 15-08-2007 at 12:20 PM..

15-08-2007, 12:35 PM	# 7 (permalink) Top
Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 1,904 Times Helpful: 128 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	if 'Partition recovery' fails then i would suggest you try testdisk and if that fails, you can still get the files back with Photorec (i have only ever used it in Linux before, i was very impressed though [it saved a years worth of a friends baby photo's]) __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

15-08-2007, 12:30 PM	# 6 (permalink) Top
mohit Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 5 My Mood: Confused Status: Offline	They were all of NTFS file system. As of now, I am using Partition Recovery for this purpose, and its scanning the disk for lost partitions but haven't found any yet........keeping my fingers crossed... I have tried Acronis director suite as well, but it didnt worked out....

17-08-2007, 01:48 PM	# 8 (permalink) Top
mohit Geek Trainee Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender: Male Posts: 5 My Mood: Confused Status: Offline	He he It finally got solved and i couldn't believe my eyes when i saw those partitions in front of me..... Actually partition table had got bad and i got it corrected using Partition Table Doctor 3.5......it found those partitions and got the partition table corrected... The only real trouble i had after this was giving those partitions their old labels as i couldn't remember their earlier ones A lot of thanx to you people.....

17-08-2007, 06:50 PM	# 9 (permalink) Top
Impotence May the source be with u! Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 20 Male Posts: 1,904 Times Helpful: 128 My Mood: Stressed Status: Offline My Computer	no problem, its what were here to do! well done btw __________________ Dear intel,Already Made My Decision Never trust a computer you can't repair yourself. Windows Vista - Viruses Intruders Spyware Trojans Adware Why Linux is Better!\|Pastafairianism\|Say no to National ID\|Firefox Extensions Guide scientology has been getting alot of attention recently When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die. Where are the WMD's that our governments used to justify the war?

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