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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sihina_lahiru" data-source="post: 7233900" data-attributes="member: 149577">Have you "lost" a hard drive or  partition in your computer?                                                                                            Have you "lost" a hard drive or   partition in your computer?If there is a (hidden) recovery partition on the drive you should   start a thread asking for advice before trying TestDisk.The situation with a "lost" hard drive typically arises after Windows   has been reinstalled or when a slave/external drive is moved to another   computer.If the drive/partition shows up in Device Manager and Disk   management, but NOT in "My Computer", chances are that it is   "only" the partition table that is missing or corrupt.You can use a freeware program called TestDisk to repair the partition   table and get access to your data again.TestDisk will not change or delete any of your data if you follow the   instructions below.This guide is written for Windows, but you can use TestDisk with Linux   and Mac as well.         Try this to repair the partition table:The newest version of Test-Disk, 6.11 is available <a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download" target="_blank">here</a>Download the Windows version of <a href="http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk-6.10.win.zip" target="_blank">                   TestDisk</a>. Unzip the downloaded file to your C: drive.Open C:\testdisk-6.10\win > double click the "testdisk_win"   icon.  <img src="http://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk_doc/testdisklogo-clear-100.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The program runs in a command window and doesn't have to be installed.Each of the steps (A, B, C etc) below corresponds to a new TestDisk   window.Use the keyboard's arrow keys to navigate.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">At the first window, select “No Log” and press the <Enter>   key. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32319d1218193792-attachments-1-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select which drive to analyse, choose “Proceed” and  <Enter>. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32320d1218193800-attachments-1-2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select partition type – Intel if it’s a PC then <Enter>. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32321d1218193810-attachments-1-3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select “Analyse” then <Enter>. The drive  will  be analysed. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32322d1218193818-attachments-1-4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Select “Quick Search” at the next screen, then <Enter>. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32323d1218193826-attachments-1-5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Press “Y” if the partitions were created under Vista  –  “N” if not. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32324d1218194121-attachments-2-6.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">TestDisk should say “Structure OK”. If so, press <Enter>.   <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32325d1218194130-attachments-2-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Select “Write” and press <Enter>. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32326d1218194136-attachments-2-8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Press “Y” to confirm. <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32327d1218194143-attachments-2-9.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Press <Enter>.  <img src="http://www.techsupportforum.com/attachments/hard-drive-support/32328d1218194150-attachments-2-10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></li> </ul>         Close TestDisk and  RESTART the computer.The drive/partition should now be fixed and your data available again.</blockquote>

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