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Recovery of zeroed first 27MB of disk
I have laptop with SSD inside. Externally I have 750GB disk connected via USB 2.0.
I was trying to zero pendrive using Cygwin -
pv /dev/zero > ...
but zeroed about 27MB of 750GB disk, not ...
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Data partition is now OEM after factory reinstall
My laptop is a Dell inspiron with Windows 8.
HDD is 1 TB, with 3 OEM partitions, + the C:. I split it into C: and D:. Fine.
After a reinstall of Windows 8, using Dell recovery tool, I can't see the ...
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Internal IDE HDD used as external w/ usb adapter and suddenly 2 partitions were gone
I was searching through the internet trying to solve this problem and saw an answer in this site and it looked you really now about this subject. Of all the other webs I checked, this one seemed that ...
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What is the difference of Recovery and Restore partitions?
I have an Asus U38N laptop. It is UEFI enabled and has Windows 8 as operating system.
I noticed that it has both Recovery partition(900mb) and Restore Partition(20gb).
I'm cloning the operating system ...
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Recover NTFS partition back without formatting
If I try to chkdsk, I get the error
Unable to unable to determine volume version and state
I'm currently running a Partition Wizard Home Edition scan on the drive and it is
finding files and ...
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Creating a system deployment disk [duplicate]
Hi guys i want to create an image of a windows 7 system and use it as a deployment tool and when I want to setup up like more than 10 laptops, then i just connect them on a network and deploy the ...
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Recover lost 5th primary partition
I recently decided to enable bitlocker on my Windows 7 computer.
Little did I know that this meant the setup wizard would chop off a 300MB piece of my C: partition and create a primary partition from ...
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3TB raw hard drive partition recovery stymied by GPT
I have a seagate 3TB external hard drive with GPT. I accidentally pulled out the power cord and upon reboot was faced with a Raw Partition message in Windows Explorer re: You need to format your drive ...
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Lost all data after chkdsk on NTFS partition. How do I get it back?
I have a multiboot system with a shared NTFS partition (300gigs) across OS's (Windows7, Debian, Arch).
Recently I booted into Windows and it prompted me to run CHKDSK and after that I can't see any of ...
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Recover File System
I was recovering my windows 8. During recovery system shut due to power failure. Next time when I start windows 8 and try to open the D: drive then windows prompt me to format drive if I cancel prompt ...
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How to restore partition after cancelling the installation of Linux?
I cancelled the installation of Ubuntu Linux without formatting my partition, but it says that Ubuntu resizes the partition when you just point to it.
If it's so, how can I restore the data on this ...
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Hard drive unallocated after misuse of dd command
I tried to create a bootable USB using the command:
dd if=ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb
and I made a mistake. I typed sdb instead sdd. sdb being my second hard drive and sdd my USB drive.
I canceled the ...
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WD external Hard disk volumes are not recognizing by data recovery tools
It is regarding my WD 1TB external harddisk.
The issue:- Accidently dropped from my hands(approx 1 feet height).
It worked properly for one day, but since day 2, I realised that my laptop is only ...
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Drive Partitions not Extending [duplicate]
I have a USB stick which I made into a bootable USB stick for Ubuntu. I installed Ubuntu, and then I formatted the USB stick. However, it only has 2MB of space on it, however it is an 8GB USB.
I ...
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How can I detect a linux swap partition on an image with no partition table?
I'm working on recovering an image that had the partition table blown away. For other filesystems, I've been able to use Sleuthkit's sigfind and the default templates or specified offset/signature to ...
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How to fix damaged NTFS partition?
I have an external HDD with one NTFS partition. I wanted to transfer some files between PCs, so I have copied some files from Debian PC to the drive. After then as usual I have chosen safety remove ...
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BCD error on EFI based system
I was trying to install linux mint and I messed up my windows 8 EFI partition. Now when I try to boot it says
The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors.
File: ...
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How to restore deleted OEM partition that is “still there”?
I made the mistake of deleting Windows 8 OEM Recovery partition instead of just making it inactive.
I used diskpart:
select partition n
delete partition
Now I see the unassigned space in the Disk ...
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Is there a good resource for comparing tools for recovering corrupted partition? [closed]
There seem to be several/plenty of "semi-professional" tools for recovering data from corrupted partitions (I'm specifically interested in NTFS on Windows XP). The ones I'm aware of include:
Ontrack ...
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Whole working Windows 7 partition (on SSD) suddenly became “Unallocated Disk Space”
I have an HP 2540p with Windows 7 installed on a Plextor M3 SSD that sits in the upgrade drive bay (that used to house a DVD drive). The system has been working fine for months until this morning when ...
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Partitions not showing up
I have a hard drive with 4 partitions from a dead PC that I put into an external case to use as a external drive. It is a 500gb drive and it came with a HCL laptop. Initially disk management was ...
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Disaster recovery for RAID and mdadm
I´m having a software raid 5 with 5 2TB members. After some work with gparted my RAID doesn´t work any more... How can I check the integrity of each member?
What would be my options, if the partition ...
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I need help formatting my laptop
I am currently using a Packard Bell Easynote LJ75.
This laptop is running several partitions.
My laptop was running fine with Windows 7 installed on E:, and C: being used to store all apps and ...
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rescue and recovery on thinkpad without preinstalled OS
I've beenreading post about how to get the recovery partition back, and all I found is to use the recovery CD that you have to create it in the first place. However, my Thinkpad X201i doesn't come ...
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Does the windows 7 recovery partition need to precede the Win7 partition to work properly?
I'm trying to migrate a desktop from a HDD to a SSD. I can align the Windows 7 partition easily if I move it as the first partition on the SSD. I'd still like to keep the windows recovery partition ...
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Merely chainloading an Acer Recovery Partition deleted all data
I was starting a backup of Acer's factory restore partition located inside of an extended partition to determine whether or not it still worked. I clicked "take no action" once I saw that it had, in ...
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How to use File History with Recovery partition?
I formatted the recovery partition right after installing Windows 8.
I'm curious as to why File history only allow the use of external HDD. Instead of using the Recovery Partition. I can't find a way ...
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windows 7 created an OEM partition on a 160Gb partition [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
On Windows (and PC), which Partition Recovery tool is a good, reliable one?
I installed windows 7 and it created an OEM partition on a 160Gb partition which formally ...
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Correcting tree from messed up file tree in NTFS partition
It's a real messed situation, but I'm quite at the end of my options.
It's my personal hardrive, so it's very important for me, and yes, I have no backup =(
The short story:
1) I have two discs. ...
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How to restore Lenovo ThinkVantage Rescue And Recovery Partition?
I've created a backup of the Rescue And Recovery Partition using clonezilla.
Now, on a new disk, I've recovered the partition using clonezilla, however when I try to boot it I get:
Missing operating ...
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linux can't read partition table
My laptop has a Hitachi HTS725050A7E, this is 500GB with 4k block size. It shipped with two partitions, a 10G recovery partition on the front of the disk and the remainder of disk space in one big ...
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How add USB device to a VirtualBox snapshot?
I need to repair 1TB HDD I was restoring it sector by sector with the Disk Genius from thr Hirens iso file ( ofcourse in VM ) for about 24 hours.
Than I need to turn off the notebook so, I paused the ...
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My external USB drive was suddenly only visible via Linux but not Windows [closed]
I already solved my problem but felt it important to post it here since no one else on the Internet seems to list this issue or it resolution. After partitioning a new internal hard drive, I realized ...
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Reboot while repartitioning HDD left me with corrupt files
I'm trying to get used to the feeling that I might never be able to recover my lost files. Meanwhile, I'll try to explain the situation, hoping that someone might suggest a solution:
My HDD is made ...
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Recover IDE partition in windows xp
I have accidentally delete my partition (Right click to My computer --> Manage). Now when i run some recovery tool, it show me every thing is there.
As i have not formatted the disk or partition so ...
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Can I make my drives visible and change their partition type without losing my data?
I have made a lot of mistakes and now I cannot see my hard disk nor I can start my operating system on my laptop. All my passwords and important files on my hdd without any backup.
I followed this ...
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Unable to access external hard disk drive in Windows XP
Note: I can access a flash disk drive formatted as exFAT. Just not my external HDD. So, you can imagine I have installed the exFAT update for winXP.
My external HDD was formatted in Mac OS X as ...
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Cannot access disk, partition table broken
I was so dumb, to turn of the power on my Readynas Ultra 4 when it was installing the disk (3TB WD Green), I had no time to wait for it as I was going to return it (It was to damn noisy) The disk ...
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How to replace the laptop HDD but preserve the recovery partition?
I need to replace the HDD from one laptop, but the goal is to preserve the recovery partition, thus allowing me to re-install windows at any given time, just like if it was the original HDD.
I've ...
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Unable to mount volume after repartitioning [closed]
I have laptop which had drive c:\ (my main volume) and drive d:. I have just done a repartition to shrink volume d:\ and expand drive c:.
Unfortunately the partition finished with a message to the ...
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Recovery Partition Healthy?
I tried to backup my recovery partition a couple of times on a CD and HDD but this process fails every time. I used "Dell Datasafe Local Backup-Basic Edition", but after 2 minutes of burning/writing ...
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How do I make a partition usable in windows 7 after power loss?
A few days ago I was installing some software and power went down. When I rebooted, the partition to which the software was installed was not accessible. Disk manager shows that it's there, but ...
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recovering partition in multiboot configuration with tesdisk
i have a multiboot configuration with three os,suddenly two have become corrupted.
i have read the testdisk guide,but i´m not confident,anybody could help?I have doubts like should select only the ...
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Recovering multiple partitions with testdisk in a multiboot configuration
I'm facing this kind of problem for the first time.
Two of my three partitons got corrupted. In searching for a solution, I found testdisk. I've read the tutorials and feel confortable to use it, ...
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Is there a way to backup the windows recovery partition or recreate it on a sony vaio laptop?
My friend got a Sony Vaio laptop. Soon, I will install him Linux. But I want to back up the Windows 7's recovery partition that came pre-installed.
But on laptop, normally, when we boot up, they ask ...
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How can I restore an OEM hidden disk partition (PQSERVICE) on disk0?
Acer Aspire 4720Z Laptop, Windows Vista SP2:
I have a 111.79MB SATA/AHCI hard disk with the following partitions:
The first partition, used for Recovery, originally had a logical name of ...
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Recover Data from a External Drive Formatted with Truecrypt volume
I was formatting a hard drive (160GB) with encryption to be used for backup using Truecrypt. My computer went to sleep while this was happening and the operation got canceled. I just clicked "Back" ...
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Windows 7, disk partition disappeared
I have a Mac Book Pro with 320GB HDD, I had Mac OSX (139.70 GB) on one partition (using BOOTCAMP) and Windows 7 (157.59GB) on other partition (Bootcamp). And in Windows I divided that single partition ...
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Recovering Ext3 Partition After Failed Move
I had an 1.5TB exteral disk, with an 983.83 GB ext3 partition on it, where the partition was positioned such that there were approximately 400 GB free space before the ext3 partition.
I then used ...
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My hard disk does't get recognized
For a few days now I have a problem with my 500GB internal hard disk. I am on Linux Mint 13 but I have the same problem with my Windows installation.
When running fdisk -l I can see my hard disk ...
