Hello all,
I've been using Defraggler for some time now and have found it to be a great reliable program. Last night I started a defrag on all three partitions of my single physical HDD. I awoke to find the defrag "complete" and only two of the partitions listed. After a reboot, things are the same. Windows Disk Management sees the missing partition as Free Space, and only gives me the option to create a new blank partition.
Windows 7 64bit
Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB
Any ideas?
I have managed to restore the deleted partition using MiniTool Partition Recovery. I don't know if the MBR was corrupt but all the data on the disk is fine and there are no bad sectors after a scan. Are there any logs I can provide you with for a bug report?
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Do not panic. Wait for expert advice before trying your luck with fixes that may do more damage.
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A screnn shot of Windows Disc Management might assist those that can help
N.B.
You are fortunate the Disc was MBR,
I lost all partitions on a GPT disk and Minitool Partition Recovery is not suitable for GPT discs.
N.B.
You are fortunate the Disc was MBR,
I lost all partitions on a GPT disk and Minitool Partition Recovery is not suitable for GPT discs.
Lucky indeed! I had a bit if a general clean up yesterday, including un-installing lots of stuff and running ccleaner, but I rebooted and used the computer for a few hours before running defraggler so I am fairly certain the other actions were not the culprit. Again, if you require further information or log files for a bug report, please let me know.
I am happy that you got your data back.
I will leave it for a moderator to advise upon whether log files etc. would be of value