Solve : HDD PROBLEM !!! Help please?

1.	Solve : HDD PROBLEM !!! Help please?
Answer» Hi everyone... I have got a HDD it was in 2 participations (C and D) ... i was working on my COMPUTER and the electricity got down... and my computer turned off . When i turned on the computer when i tryed to get in D: participation where was WRITEN : Do you want to formate it now ... . I restarted the computer and when i log-ed in there wasn't D: anymore. I have very important documents there ... and a lot of WORK STUFF . If i cant get them back ... i will lose my job for sure. PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU HELP ME ... PLEASEEEE When you right click on the drive in My COmputer and choose Properties what does it show?When it was "D:" ... it showed you know when hdd is full but : SIZE : 0KB ... you know ... but now it's not as participation anymore ... is there anyway to get my data back ?did the size of your C drive increase? For example, C drive was 100GB and D drive was 50GB. Is your C drive now 150GB?Carbon Dudeoxide NO ... It's important to get my data back safe and sure ...What did it show as the File System type on th eD Drive? DId it use to be NTFS? What is the type of the C Drive?yes it's NTFSIt is still listed as NTFS? Do you have the ability to burn to a CD or DVD? Does the C Drive have enough room for all of those files if they can be located? Are you saying D is showing as NTFS now, or is it listed as RAW? Quote Are you saying D is showing as NTFS now, or is it listed as RAW? Or has the icon just disappearedRight click the D: drive select properties and post everything it says to describe iticon just disappeared after i restarted my PC ...Just to correct my self ... I got 2 HDD-s installed on my computer -- 1. Excelstore --- his working fine The second one which is a maxtor ... his icon disappeared and i can't find him in MY COMPUTER and got all the datas on itSo the drive has completely disappeared? The drive's memory wasnt added to C drive? Try booting into Safe Mode, is the drive there? Have you DOWNLOADED anything recently? If so, list them all... It isn't likely a virus because as you said, there was a power out and now the drive is missing....might of damaged the drive while doing so...I have download-ed e movie from a stupid web site ... and i can see my HDD in Device Manager but not in My Computer NO I CAN'T FIND IT IN SAFE MODE Quote So the drive has completely disappeared? The drive's memory wasnt added to C drive? What the heck is this supposed to mean ? ? Usenext, the safest approach right now to see if your data is retrievable is to take the Maxtor out and hook it up as a slave drive in a known working machine and see if it is RECOGNISED.... If this does not work post back but try not to use the drive as it GETS worse the more times it is accessed. Let us know. p.s. I know you are frustrated but there's no reason to scream...we're trying to help.

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Hi everyone...

I have got a HDD it was in 2 participations (C and D) ... i was working on my COMPUTER and the electricity got down... and my computer turned off . When i turned on the computer when i tryed to get in D: participation where was WRITEN : Do you want to formate it now ... . I restarted the computer and when i log-ed in there wasn't D: anymore.

I have very important documents there ... and a lot of WORK STUFF . If i cant get them back ... i will lose my job for sure.

PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU HELP ME ...

PLEASEEEE
When you right click on the drive in My COmputer and choose Properties what does it show?When it was "D:" ... it showed you know when hdd is full but : SIZE : 0KB ... you know ... but now it's not as participation anymore ...

is there anyway to get my data back ?did the size of your C drive increase?
For example, C drive was 100GB and D drive was 50GB. Is your C drive now 150GB?Carbon Dudeoxide
NO ...

It's important to get my data back safe and sure ...What did it show as the File System type on th eD Drive? DId it use to be NTFS? What is the type of the C Drive?yes it's NTFSIt is still listed as NTFS? Do you have the ability to burn to a CD or DVD? Does the C Drive have enough room for all of those files if they can be located?

Are you saying D is showing as NTFS now, or is it listed as RAW? Quote

Are you saying D is showing as NTFS now, or is it listed as RAW?

Or has the icon just disappearedRight click the D: drive select properties and post everything it says to describe iticon just disappeared after i restarted my PC ...Just to correct my self ...

I got 2 HDD-s installed on my computer -- 1. Excelstore --- his working fine

The second one which is a maxtor ... his icon disappeared and i can't find him in MY COMPUTER and got all the datas on itSo the drive has completely disappeared? The drive's memory wasnt added to C drive?

Try booting into Safe Mode, is the drive there?
Have you DOWNLOADED anything recently? If so, list them all...

It isn't likely a virus because as you said, there was a power out and now the drive is missing....might of damaged the drive while doing so...I have download-ed e movie from a stupid web site ... and i can see my HDD in Device Manager but not in My Computer

NO I CAN'T FIND IT IN SAFE MODE Quote

So the drive has completely disappeared? The drive's memory wasnt added to C drive?

What the heck is this supposed to mean ? ?

Usenext, the safest approach right now to see if your data is retrievable is to take the Maxtor out and hook it up as a slave drive in a known working machine and see if it is RECOGNISED....

If this does not work post back but try not to use the drive as it GETS worse the more times it is accessed.

Let us know.

p.s. I know you are frustrated but there's no reason to scream...we're trying to help.

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