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Does Partitioning lose your data?

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I want to partition an External Harddrive cause something messed it up, not sure how but it looks to have become un partitioned. Please tell me I am able to go back in and Re-Partition it without wiping it clean. I dont want to lose the data on it.
 
You'll need a program called Partition Magic if you don't want to lose data. It's pretty exspensive though. Search around for a good price. The best I can find is at www.gogamer.com for $30
 
You can't use partition magic to recover data
You'll have to use a sector scanner like iRecover or File Scavenger
You'll find links to them in this thread.
 
Your description is too vague to give a definite answer but by unpartitioned do you mean it doesn't show up anymore? It could just be that the partition has become 'hidden' or it could be something else.
 
Originally posted by axdx
You can't use partition magic to recover data
You'll have to use a sector scanner like iRecover or File Scavenger
You'll find links to them in this thread.
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welllll, that saves me some coding :p

Andrew87 what filesystem did you use on that partition (NTFS or FAT32?) and I assume its just a data partition with no OS installed?

some recovery oriented information
http://ntfs.com/ (for both filesystems)

as mentioned in the thread axdx linked, recovery is probable
and repair possible, however it is normally advisable to recover first then attempt repairs
data recovery is first and foremost about doing the right thing in the right order, it dramatically increases the amount of data that can be recovered

dont repartition

I assume the HDD is recognized in the BIOS?
and that in Disk Management? (Start > Run > (type) diskmgmt.msc ) as unallocated space?
(no drive letter, or a drive letter with a weird filesystem? HPFS)

try FileScavenger first (trial) and see what it can find ;)
youll have to buy it to recover though


and to answer your specific question
"Does Partitioning lose your data?"
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no typically it doesnt, it just wipes the instructiobns as to where you put it all, like ripping the table of contents and index out of a book, thus the OS cant find anything

right now your old partition table (or some other data structure) has a problem, if it can be fixed then the drive will be back online, but as I said before its best to recover first, just incase
 
Originally posted by Ice Czar
Andrew87 what filesystem did you use on that partition (NTFS or FAT32?) and I assume its just a data partition with no OS installed?
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I think you meant Triath? But any way I use NTFS :)
 
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