Partiton table recovery?

[stax]

Hi,

Can I recover/restore partiton info to a drive?

I had a 1TB Lacie HD, The enclosure failed but the 2 x 465GB drives inside were fine. I had previously put 4 or 5 partitons on the drives and although they dont show in mycomputer I ca see that the data is still there using 'Restorer 2000 Pro Demo', it shows the partitons and correct sizes but instead of the letter nd name that I had given each partiton it just says partition 1 through 4

Can I somehow restore my original partiton info?

Thanks for any help
Shaun

 

[wahnula]

it shows the partitions and correct sizes...

These will not be the same as before as there was probably some software involved in the LaCie rig. I would say forget the partitions, get that data off there ASAP and onto a more stable drive.

Tony

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[BadBigBen]

I agree with Tony...

do a RECOVERY of those files onto (an)other drive(s), then run drive diags to see if the HDDs are not flaky...

if the drives check out then reformat them and repartition them...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.

 

[stax]

Thanks guys for the advice

Is there a good free recovery program that you can recomend?

Shaun

 

[BadBigBen]

Most of us use commercial software, e.g. Get Data Back or Ontrack Data Recovery, I've only tried Recuva with mixed results...

Here are some Free Data recovery softwares:

Restoration

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

Recuva - File Recovery

http://www.recuva.com/

PC INSPECTOR™ File Recovery 4.x

http://www.pcinspector.de/Sites/file_recovery/info.htm?language=1

NT File Recovery (scroll down to almost the end, and CLICK only the GREEN ARROW)

http://www.new-utilities.net/download.html

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

How to ask a question, when posting them to a professional forum.

 

[stax]

OK thanks i'll check those out
Shaun