I have 2 hard drives and when i reformated i only show one how do i find the other and get it back?
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GO INTO BIOS AND ADVANCED SETUP TELL THE COMPUTER TO SEARCH FOR HARD-DRIVE AND IT SHOULD PICK UP BOTH HARD-DRIVES.
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you could just throw in a windows xp cd and delete the partitions\nthen format it back to ntfs
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Here is the solution:\n\n1.Open My Computer.\n2.Right-click on the HDD and select properties.
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you either have one hard drive with two partitions or two hard drives..  when you boot your system it will tell you but you can (assuming you have XP) click on start -> all programs -> accesories -> system tools --> system info.\n\nHere go to components -> storage -> drives\n\nThis will break out your drive info - you are interested in Local fixed disks.  It details size, space used/unused of each fixed partition.\n\nYou can also go to the control panel -> admin tools -> computer management -> storage -> disk management .  Here it will show you the disk layout and partitions.  If disk 0 has morethan one drive letter defined to the right of it then you have those partitions on a single hard drive (disk 0 is a single physical drive which can have 1, 2, 3... partions defined as C, D, E).
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The specifics are far too lengthy to give you here.  However, there are a variety of links that you can find by searching for "How to reformat a hard drive or step-by-step reformating instructions."  Check the link below, good luck.
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If nothing can read it you would have to use an advanced program that uses bit stream copying to get the information back. Through any normal means the hard drive is dead and all information is lost. If it is imparative that you get the information off of it take it to a computer repair shop and ask them to retrieve whatever data they can. If it is not important to save the data that was on there you will need to buy a new drive and set up your computer again. Hope this helps.
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Open an MS DOS window and run fdisk(just type fdisk in the MS DOS WINDOW) and there is an option in fdisk that allows you 2 view drive partitions!\n\nHope this helps!
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First you should check what are the files in good condition on your hard disk.\nconnect your hard disk having data to be recovered as a slave disk, (taking out the tiny plastic connector inserted above the pins behind the hard disk, and then connecting the hard disk to a slot available in the computer will automatically configure it as a slave disk) Then you have to see if it is recognized in the bios. If you are able to connect the hard disk as a slave disk, then you willl see C,D,E,F etc partitions on the computer. They are mixed. C belongs to one hard disk, and D to other. So you have to open the partition to identify which hard disk it belongs to)\n\nCheck all the partitions and then copy any data found immediately on cd/dvd. \n\nIf you do not find what you were looking for on the hard disk, the you can try it with a file recovery software.\nBelow is a link of free file recovery software. You have to install it on a different hard disk having windows, (Do not install the software/any software on the same hard disk that you want to recover data from. Installation of a new program will wipe out previous data present on the  hard disk)\nand \nInstructions of use are given in the help files with the programs.\nFree file recovery software PC Inspector\nhttp://download.pcinspector.de/pci_filerecovery.exe\n\nOnce you run the program to check for lost files on the disk you specify. \nYou will see a list of files on the screen. All the files will have lost their names, and given arbitrary names with numbers. You have to identify the file that you want to get back by its file extension. If you want to get back a photo, then look for files with extensions bmp,jpg/jpeg,tiff,gif etc. \nOnce you locate the file then you can click on it and press the appropriate button to retrieve it back to your desktop.\n\n(Read the help files provided with the pc-inspector program)
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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
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do a complete wipe and reload after backing up your files because what you did was put 2 copys of windows on top of each other when one wasnt working
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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.
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You need to format the new drive - if it is the only hard drive in a new system, this will be done automatically as part of the installation of your Operating System (ie, windows).\n\nIf it is a second (third, fourth, etc) drive in your system, then you have to format it manually - in windows you can do this via the disk management interface - right click on 'my computer' and select manage.  Find the new volume in the disk management list and right click it.  Go to format.
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you are gonna have to reformat it, install an antivirus, and scan for that sumb*tch.\n\nIt most likely will be on the drive that had the Operating system installed on it.\nBut if you have multiple hard drives, then you probably should format both of them just in case.
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You need to reformat, if you loose any data it can be recovered with this\nhttp://www.ontrack.com/easyrecoveryprofessional/\n\nFirst put in your OS disk, load the OS by creating a new partition.
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use cable select on both of them and see if it works and if it wont recognize the new 1 then u have to format it and partition it that is probably y it wont recognize it
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Go to start>>settings>>control panel>>administrative tools>>computer management>>storage>>disk management. Can you see your drive there? In case you can just format and partition it. In case this procedure doesn't solve your problem just check the jumpers.
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so u need to re-run the goback program to get the info back and the paritions back since you wipped out windows that was controlling the drive paritions unless u used fdisk.