harddrive partition problem

[bhess]

I have a harddrive that has 3 NTFS partitions. I can't access one partition that has a lot of important

files on it. The other two partitions work fine.

I've tried fdisk/mbr, Maxtors powermax, and norton disk doctor.

If I go to computer management- disk management, it shows as healthy but it doesn't have NTFS like the

other partitions.

The only other options I can think of is using partition magic to merge it with another partition, and

it gives me the option to delete logical drive. I think the second option will erase all my files.

Any ideas out there?

 

[Lord Evermore]

What exactly does the Disk Management screen show? What file system? Does it have a drive letter assigned? You should be careful using tools improperly. There's nothing that PowerMax can do about partitions, and Disk Doctor can only scan drives that you have drive letter access to. Do not attempt to merge it with another partition until you know what you're dealing with. And yes, deleting the partition will remove any hope of access directly. Did you recently change something or install something, or were you playing with utilities?

There is software available that can scan a drive to find erased partitions and recover the data, but they do cost money, and none of them can actually restore the partition to its previous state; they only find the files that were on the drive and copy them to another hard drive.

 

[bhess]

What caused this is possibly a bad mobo that turned very unstable. I kept gettin bebbots and crashes. I'm sure something got corrupt on all the power bursts. The drive is in a new computer now and I'm trying to access the files now.

Disk management shows the drive letter, size, and healthy. The only thing missing is "NTFS" which all other partitions on the same drive show.