When I go into Disk managment the drive is shown as partitioned and formatted but I can't access it anyother way and it has no drive letter assigned is there a way of backing up the data on that disc to another drive. either through windows or someother program. I'd really like not to lose the data on this drive.
206612
you can try from a command prompt,  fdisk (drive letter) /mbr\nthat will restore the master boot record if it damaged, or you can go to the makers site and download their tools and diagnostic software and see if it can do it
359814
Well u should take it to a technician, and only if they will guarantee in writing not to lose your files.  Formatting will definately lose your files.  And, also, u have to delete windows from the old drive too.
500411
You have to back them up in a secondary storage device like a USB drive or a CD. If you have multiple drives in your PC (say a C and a D drive),you can move the files from C to D and format the C drive if you want. If you run short of space,then distribute them across the drives you have. Still if you run out of space,there is no other way but to take a CD/USB backup.\n\nTo recover the lost files,try if they are hidden under Folder options. If you attempted a format on the drive and it went blank because of it,then there's no way i know that you can recover it.
199914
You didnt say whether it was a new of just reformatted HDD, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and start from scratch in the long run it takes less time doing it the right way. FIRST partition the HDD THEN format the HDD go to run type cmd that brings you to the command line then type format space drive letter colon (format c:) that is from the old days now if you need to format a floppy substitute a  for c Once the HDD is formatted correctly, e is usually a CD or DVD drive unless you have multiple HDDs the easiest way is to go to "my computer" and see what is there. if something is missing many times a cable has been disconnected so open the case and check to see all the connections are in place and tight
75557
i dun think it will be that good cos according to standard data transfer procedures for corrupted disk, it will be safer to transafer via using 2hdd instead of partition method.u see if u do it safely, u get to keep yr data n yr hard disk , if not u run a chance of losing both.for me, i partition so i b4 format , i transfer to the next partation or copy them else cds , maybe portable hd borrowedfrom frenz blah blah..
257032
Before windows can read the drive in my computer you have to FORMAT it to NTFS first.\nSorry I didn't see that you didn't see it in disk management.\nIf you have a Windows  CD, unplug the main drive and set it up to boot to CD first. Set the mystery drive as master.\nLet windows go thru setup and see if it finds the disk, which it should. Delete any partitions found and let the starup CD format it to NTFS. It will reboot. At that point, turn off the computer, don't let it reboot. Set back up the way it was. Not the best tool, but it has worked for me before.\n\nSome other alternatives to find out if the drive is bad is to download the Utility/Diagnostic disk program from the vendor's website. And yet another one is to try to install a Linux distro.
474868
You have to format your computer to get that back. Its your last resort when it comes to missing windows files. To do a backup you need your backup cd's.
661659
use "DiskInternals Undelete" to recover the lost data to another proper drive, then you can reformat the c: drive and the it should work fine.. install windows then copy the recovered data back to the formatted drive
223027
I have used more than one copy of windows on the same hard disc, on different partition. When I boot my computer, windows will list the different copies of windows and allow selection of one to use. Must be on different partitions. Also, be careful when asked what location to store files, as windows will get confused sometimes and try to store files from one copy with other copy of windows. Be aware that your second copy will not use "drive C" as the main drive. I have 2 copies now and my second copy recognizes "Drive F" as my "C" drive. It will work though. Be safe to backup your files before starting.
509124
If you formatted your PC, this means you completely erased your hard drive. Your ONLY choice at this point is to reinstall windows from your original install CD. \n\nBuy the way, the format erased ALL your files (docs, photos, music, etc)\n\nSorry to break it to you this way...I feel for you...
446926
Is the drive you are trying to format still the 'boot' disk?\n\nYou need to be booting on the new drive before you can format the 'old' disc.\n\n///
647743
use the free trial of partition magic\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Partition-Magic.shtml\n\nu should be able to see ur hard drive in this proram. once u see if, reformat the hard drive in "NTFS" file system. u should be be able to see the drive in windows once its reformatted.
286260
I used to do consulting work for banks...\nThey had a rule that all disks removed from system had to be taken out in the parking lot and physically smashed up with large hammers.   No way anyone was ever going to get that data back ;-)\n\nIf there is no other way to access the drive, you might consider just taking it apart and snapping the platter into a million tiny pieces.\n\nYou did take backups, right?  :-)
307392
Just plug in your external hard drive, and start My Computer.  If the hard drive is properly formatted and partitioned, then it should show the drive with a new letter on the same place you will see your "C" drive.\n\nIf it does not show up then you will have to initialise the disk and format the disk for you to begin using it.\n\nAssuming everything is fine, simply drag and drop files into the new drive.  It maybe sensible to create folder and organise your data.\n\nSimply, right click on one of the files/mp3 etc and choose Open or to be more specific choose Open with and select the appropriate program.\n\nAlso before powering down your external hard drive or your computer, remember to disconnect the external drive safely on Windows.  On the System Tray, where your time shows on the bottom right hand corner.  There is an icon if you hover the mouse over it says "Remove Safely" or "Remove Hardware Safely".  Click on this and it will display the devices that are currntly connected.  Click on the entry related to the external hard drive.  If you do not do this, the hard drive can get corrupted.\n\nI lost about 40Gb worth of data by not doing this in a moment of madness.\n\nHope this is helpful.
71676
As far as Windows is concerned its gone for ever.\n\nThe data still remains on your harddrive after permanent delete. However, Windows deletes it from the harddrive directory and marks that space as 'empty'. So in future windows will use it to write new files (in that case it is permanently gone).\n\nIf no files ever get written on it; certain crude hard drive utilities can still recover that data.\n\nThe best way to remove data PERMANENTLY INDEED is to overwrite the full drive with something like multiple copies of a word document / music file until the drive gets full.
332094
you cannot partition your "C" drive if it is the current drive being used to run your computer. burn download to CD and Boot up on the CD and run disk partition, disk manager to set up drive as you want
387315
There is no problem in using two different disks/drives/partitions having different file systems.  The data copied from one type of disk is copied in the other disk in the system in which the disk has been formatted.