Recovery Partition Data Step by Step
Restoring a damaged partition or reinstating deleted volumes can be a matter of a few minutes – or completely impossible, depending on the type of damage and the tools you use. In this article, we’ll see how Magic Partition Recovery can help you recover partition data step by step.
Restoring Corrupted Partitions:
The Full Thing
Your disk may go bad easily with just a tiny bit of corruption. If a few bytes at the beginning of the disk get changed, the disk loses track of what's on it.
Master Boot Record (MBR) and partition tables contain information about volumes and partitions available on the hard drive, their exact location, size, and other essential information. If this information is lost or corrupted, the disk will be completely inaccessible and appear “broken”. Fortunately, this issue is fairly easy to deal with if you're using the right tools.
We’ll be using Magic Partition Recovery to restore corrupted partitions, fix damaged MBR and partition tables. Download, install and launch Magic Partition Recovery to begin.
Content-Aware Partition Recovery
Magic Partition Recovery works in a manner that’s pretty different from how other, simpler recovery tools operate. The difference between Magic Partition Recovery and other tools is the ability of Magic Partition Recovery to perform content-aware analysis and recovery. Content-aware recovery not just fixes the obvious damage in existing system structures like recovering deleted partitions. Instead, it scans the entire hard drive gather information on what was originally available, and reconstructing essential system structures from scratch.
This method provides the most complete recovery possible, restoring all the right structures and reinstating access to files and folders that were originally stored on that disk.
Step 1: Select a hard drive to recover partitions from
Specify the hard drive you're about to recover partitions from. As we’re recovering essential system structures with information about individual partitions being unavailable at this point, you’ll need to select a physical hard drive and not a drive letter.
Step 2: Restoring partitions in Full Analysis and Fast Scan modes
On the next step, you will be prompted to select either Full Analysis or Fast Scan. Make sure to choose Full Analysis for complete partition recovery.
The Full Analysis method performs a detailed investigation of the disk, reading every sector of the selected disk. In Full Analysis mode, the tool extracts all available information to identify logical partitions that ever existed on the disk, and restore the original structures of the disk including file names, folders and other content.
The Fast Scan mode restores files that were just recently deleted from an existing partition. This mode is not applicable for partition recovery.
Step 3: Look up missing partitions
All you need to do now is just click “Next”, and Magic Partition Recovery will scan your disk to identify missing partitions. Depending on the size of the disk, this may take a while (30-40 minutes for a 320 GB hard drive typical; longer for larger disks).
Step 4: Locate missing files
During the recovery analysis, Magic Partition Recovery locates all files and folders stored on the disk including those located on missing partitions. After the analysis finishes, you’ll have an option to restore all files discovered before recovering partitions.
You'll see a list of folders and files found on the disk. In addition to existing files and folders, you will also the list of deleted files see flagged with red. You can search for file names to recover by using the “Find File” option, or filter certain file types by using the “Filter” option in the “View” menu. You can choose to view all files or filter out deleted or existing files. Select files and folders you wish to recover.
- Hello admin! I beg you please explain to me how to recover remote drive
(D :) on the laptop with the DMDE program, the fact is that I had two partitions on the laptop (C :) and (D :) and an hour ago I accidentally deleted the disk (D :) with all my data, after that I immediately turned off the laptop . It is very good that I still have a simple computer, and now I am writing from it.
I made a call to a friend of a computer engineer, he advised me to take it off my laptop HDD, then connect this hard drive through an adapter to another computer with installed free program DMDE, then scan my hard disk with deleted partitions with this program and perhaps this program will restore the deleted disk.
But firstly, I have no idea how to remove a hard drive even on a simple computer, not like on a laptop, and secondly, it works for me on the drive (C :), why can't I install DMDE myself and scan that part hard drive, which was the partition (D:)? Deniska. - Admin, question! They just brought me a screw, where they completely accidentally demolished all partitions, and there were three of them (C :), (F :), (G :) and on the first one was installed operating system, data files were on other partitions. I ran the DMDE program and it found almost everything required files, in short, they can be restored, but the DMDE developers arranged everything so cunningly that in free version the files are restored one at a time, it’s inconvenient in short, I’ll have to click on the clave until the morning and I thought to make a knight’s move, just take and restore all the partitions at once, because the program can do it, but I can’t find suitable instructions anywhere, but I’m afraid to experiment myself, suddenly the data that I have almost restored will disappear, I won’t transfer this pancake. I asked you this question in the comments, but you don’t hesitate, you say you want to write an article, well, then write it faster. I know you have an article about TestDisk, in this program you can also restore partitions for free, but there is hellish command line, I do not like her pancake, because half blind. Save me short.
Sincerely, Blind Pugh.
How to recover a deleted disk
1)How to recover a deleted partition hard drive with DMDE on a laptop with a new GUID partition table (GPT) standard.
2) How to recover multiple deleted partitions at once hard disk with DMDE on a simple computer.
Note: If you want, then we also have such an article, follow the link and read. There is also an article about how, Undoubtedly, the reader who wrote the first letter can be understood, because you must admit that it will be quite difficult for a simple user to disassemble a laptop, get a hard drive, connect it to another computer via special device and restore the deleted partition. And how then to be? - You ask.To understand how to recover a deleted disk with DMDE, let's take my long-suffering laptop (which I saved for several years) and delete the disk (D:) on it along with all my files! If suddenly the partition cannot be restored by the DMDE program, we will restore it with another program.
Friends, I will warn you against such experiments, just read the article and take note, if you accidentally delete a hard disk partition, you can restore it this way.
So, we go to the "Disk Management" of my laptop and see several service partitions without a letter, they cannot be touched. Next, we see the drive (C:) with installed Windows 8 and an unsuspecting disk (D :), with files, delete it,
We see the warning "Deleting a volume destroys all data on this volume." Yes.
The drive has been removed and is now unallocated space.
We go to the DMDE program website,
Download it and run it. In this window, select the only laptop hard drive and check the item " Physical devices"and Ok.
There is a search for deleted partitions on our laptop.
In the window that appears, you can see the existing and remote disks of our laptop, the file system, the volume of partitions, indicators (showing the presence of the corresponding structure), the first and last sectors. In order not to repeat myself, you can read the detailed help located on the official website DMDE programs.
http://dmde.ru/manual/partitions.html#addpartition
In our case, everything is relatively simple and our remote partition (D :) is visible to the naked eye, the name, volume, file system match, the still remote disk is marked with favorable BCF indicators. We cannot make mistakes in this window, because if we choose a partition for recovery incorrectly, then at best the DMDE program will not restore it, and at worst it will restore it, but then we will get an unnecessary partition and the chances of recovering the desired partition will drop. Select it with the left mouse and click on the "Insert" button.
In this window, we must select the type of partition, since the hard drive on our laptop has latest standard GUID (GPT) select it and click OK.
Before the program restores the deleted partition, save the rollback data to a file, save this file on a USB flash drive or other hard drive. Yes.
We save the file.
That's it, our disk is restored.
Our drive (D :) appears from oblivion, but for some reason without a letter.
Right-click on it and select "Change drive letter or drive path..."
Add.
Select a drive letter (D:) and click OK.
Now our disk (D :) is exactly in place and all the files in it, too.
Let's take my computer as an example. Please note that in my system unit two hard drives, respectively, two hard drives are also displayed in Disk Management. The second Samsung disk (120 GB) contains three partitions: the first 100 MB service partition, the second partition with the Windows 7 operating system, and the third partition with personal files.
I will delete all three sections. There are no partitions, now the space of the second hard drive looks like "Unallocated space". Let's try to restore them.
We launch the DMDE program, check the box "Physical devices" and select the second hard drive with the right mouse button, then click OK.
The DMDE program looks for deleted partitions.
In the window that appears, you need to be careful. As you can see, the program found 9 partitions, of which there are three partitions that we need to restore, the rest of the partitions have existed on this hard disk for a long time and we do not need them.
The very first section, among those found by the program, is our hidden section without a letter, the volume is 100 MB, restore it, select it with the left mouse and click the "Insert" button.
All three deleted partitions were the main ones, the program determined this automatically, click OK.
Apply.
We save the data file for rollback, click Yes.
Everything, the first section is restored.
Go to "Disk Management" and select "Action" "Refresh"
Our section appears, we do not assign a letter to it, since it did not have it, this section is service and hidden.
Important: Friends, let me remind you that we are restoring partitions on the hard drive where the operating system was installed. Windows system 7. The partition we restored (without a letter) is a service one and in order for the operating system to boot it must be "active", right-click on it and select the "Make partition active" command from the menu
Restoring the second section.
The second section found is suitable in volume, which also has BCF indicators, select it with the left mouse and click on the "Insert" button
Apply.
The second section has been restored. Go to "Disk Management" select "Action" and "Refresh".
A drive (F :) appears, but also without a letter. Right-click on it and select Change Drive Letter or Drive Path...
Add.
Select a drive letter (F:) and click OK.
Now our disk (F :) is in place and all the files of the Windows 7 operating system.
Restoring the third partition
By volume, name, the penultimate section found is suitable, select it with the left mouse and click on the "Insert" button
All of our three sections were the main ones, click OK.
Apply.
Save data to a file for rollback. Yes.
The third section has been restored.
Go to "Disk Management" select "Action" and "Refresh".
A drive (G:) appears, but without a letter. Right-click on it and select Change Drive Letter or Drive Path...
Add.
Select a drive letter (G:) and click OK.
Now our disk (G :) is in place and all the files on it before deletion too.
I will be sincerely glad if someone helped!
You turn on the computer, and partition D is missing, what to do? The most important thing in this situation is not to panic and think through all your actions, because if you act rashly, you can lose all the data on the missing partition.
How to recover a missing D drive?
1. On the "my computer" icon, right-click and open the "Manage" menu.
2. In the left column of the "Management" menu, find "Disk Management" and open it.
3. Drives marked with letter values will be highlighted in the right window. If there is no letter value in place of the D drive, you need to set it by right-clicking on the drive without a value and selecting the "change drive letter" menu. Be careful, a 100 MB partition should not have a letter, this is the boot area of the operating system.
4. If unallocated space is indicated in place of disk D, then we need a program Acronis Recovery Expert which is included in the software package for working with storage spaces Acronis Disk Director. You have to download this program.
5. Run the Acronis Disk Director software package, in its left part we find Recovery Expert and start.
6. Choose manual mode recovery and click next
7. In the menu that appears, select the unoccupied space and click next.
8. After that, we will be prompted to select a search method, we are interested in a quick search.
9. The program will find information about drive D. You need to select it and click next.
10. The recovery process will begin, which may take some time. After the end of the process, you will see the result: Click next in this window. Then in the next window, click continue.
It rarely happens that local disk with the letter "D" or "E" simply disappears. In this case, you should not take any action if you are not a professional.
Each wrong action may increase the risk of data loss on the specified HDD partition. However, it is still possible to fix this problem. So, in order to restore the missing HDD partition, you will need Acronis Disk Director, preferably version 11.
Method #1:
- Go to the "Disk Management" section, in which you can observe the unallocated area in the HDD - this is the missing partition.
- Assign the drive letter "D" to the unallocated area, after which the missing wild should appear. Otherwise, read method #2.
Method #2:
If the first method did not help you, then this method should fix the problem. You will need Acronis Recovery Expert, which is part of Acronis Disk Director 11.
1) Run "Acronis Recovery Expert" from under "Acronis Disk Director 11".
4) Select the unallocated space, after which, click "Next". 
5) As a search method, select "Quick". 
7) We are waiting for the recovery process to take place. 
9) Click "Continue". 
If you accidentally deleted a disk on your PC or several partitions, do not worry, lost data can be recovered. There are many programs for this. These are the paid Acronis Disk Director, free TestDisk, AOMEI, Partition Assistant Standard Edition and DMDE. Consider how to recover a deleted disk using the latest program.
Recovering a deleted disk using DMDE
In order to recover a deleted disk partition or an entire disk, you need to download the DMDE program by clicking on the link. Next, open the archive and run the .exe file.
In the window that opens, select the physical disk, indicate that this is a device and click "OK".
The search for deleted partitions and disks will start.
After the search, a table of results will appear. We look at the remote disk. It will be marked with green letters "BCF". We pay attention to volume. It must match the one before the removal. Choose desired disk and click "Insert".
In the next window, select the partition type. If your PC has Windows XP or 7 operating system installed and you have removed the “D” drive, then you should select “ logical drive(MBR)". “Main disk (MBR)” is selected only if the “C” drive on which the operating system is installed is lost. If you are using Windows 8 and higher and your PC supports the latest GPT standard, we recommend choosing the third option.
Also, to facilitate the selection, it is worth looking at the standard of the remote disk in the previous window.
Before restoring the disk, check the box "... save file data for rollback" and click "Yes".
Choose a location to save the file.
The disk has been restored. Now go to "Disk Management", select the "Action" tab and "Update".
The remote drive "D" will appear, but without a letter. Right-click on it and select "Change drive letter or path".
A new window will appear. Click "Add".
Select the letter "D" and click "OK".
Close "Disk Management". Go to "Computer" and see that drive "D" is restored.
Recovering a deleted partition using DMDE
Restoring deleted hard disk partitions using the DMDE program is much more complicated. First of all, you need to disconnect the hard drive from one PC and connect it to another, which already has the program installed.
Disk management will show two base disk with installed operating systems.
For example, let's delete all partitions from the connected disk and restore them back.
We start the DMDE program. Select a physical disk. Its name will be displayed below, so we select the one that is connected to the PC and on which the partitions are lost. We click "OK".
The search for deleted partitions will start.
Select only the desired section. Initially it will be "Reserved by the system". We look at the volume so as not to restore an earlier and unnecessary partition.
We select "Primary Partition (MBR)", since we need to restore the partition with Windows 7. Click "OK". If we are restoring a disk with Windows 8, we select the third option.
In the next window, select "Reserved by the system" and click "Apply".
We save the data for rollback and click "Yes".
The first section has been restored.
In the same way, we repeat all the actions with sections that are referred to as "BCF".
After restoring them, go to "Disk Management". Click "Action" and "Update".
After we change the drive letter, rearrange it back to the PC and start the system. The data has been restored.
