NTFS partitions have dissapeard

Hello.

I have 120 GB hd. And I have it partitioned. I had 2 Fat partions - for dos and win 9x releated. and 3 NTFS partions. The problem is that I have formated and reinstalled win 2k on a fat partion <not a good idea. But anyway. Now I can see only 2 fat partions 20 GB and 40 Gb. But 3 NTFS partions that are total 60 GB are missing. I cannot see them in my computer. I am puzzeld. Now in my computer I see C and D drive (total of 60 GB) but the 60 gb of NTFS partions are like they would not exist. How can I restore the data I had on does partitions? I used partiton magic to see how my disk looks and in the program I see D drive that has a total of 100 GB?? But windows recognies D drive as 40 GB. Where are the missing 60 GB? Vanished?

Thanks for any ideas.

Goto

Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Storage -> Disk Management

It should list all the drives windows knows about. If it doesn't list the other ones, I have no idea what to tell you, maybe there was some NTFS stuff you had to install during 2k setup?

maybe if you formatted a partition as NTFS then it will make other NTFS partitons accessible? not sure about this one... I wonder if the format erased info on track 0 about the other partitions?

I would strongly doubt that.

try the drive in another computer?

What does Windows say in the Disk Management snap-in? It should list all your partitions, just some may need to be imported for use or assigned a drive letter.

Strange. Administrative Tools -> Storage -> Disk Management says D drive has capacity of 100 GB but windows explorer detects D drive as a 40 GB drive and I can only see and access the 40 GB. So where on my disk are the missing 60 GB? I installed win 2k on that would be F drive. I had C(NTFS),D(NTFS),E(NTFS) and F(Fat32). I converted C(NTFS) drive to fat32 and installed win98 on it. And then I installed win 2k on F(Fat32) partition. Now I can access C(fat) and D that was F. And D,E are missing. Any further ideas? I have all the important data backed up on CD's but there are some data on D and E that I would like to retrieve.

in the map of the drive that says 100gb, right click on the area that is not reported to see what options you have. you may be able to assign a drive letter to it, to make it a valid partition.

I have included mine to make sure that this is what you are looking for. Type MMC into the run window, then add a snap-in to console by selecting File-> Add Snap-in, click the ADD button, and select Disk Management. It then will tell you about all of the drives in your computer.

http://www.vbforums.com/attachment.p...postid=1769350

The image says it all. Any ideas? Thanks.

are they set right in BI OS setup? It's odd that they display wrong information.

Windows 2000 is only supposed to support FAT32 partitions of up to 32GB in size. That could be a reason why its gone a bit pear shaped?

Didn't he say they were NTFS in the first post though... heh

and what does you BIOS report it as?

Look at his post up above, doesn't matter what his BIOS thinks windows sees them as fat32.

if the drive size is reported incorrectly, then the os will only see that size. Change the drive type to AUTO SELECT, hit enter and see if that fixes things. If BIOS doesn't support AUTO SELECT, then you have to find the BEST MATCH for size/sectors.

:D