My partition table is gone

grahf · June 2nd, 2003

I turned on my computer today and to my surprised found that my harddrive has been wiped clean. Specifically, my partition table, boot record, and boot sectors has all been deleted. My suspicion as to the problem is the installation of norton AV which I had install a week earlier. I'm pretty sure norton is the only program on my computer capable of modifying the partition and boot record files.

I'm now in the process of recovering whatever's left of the 20gb drive.

Does anyone know of any good partition/boot program that allows for the creation of a new partition table without destroying existing data?

**Yeloazndevil** · June 2nd, 2003

PowerQuest Partition Magic can do it...I had many problems with Norton AV when I install it detects a "virus" even tho the file it thinks is a virus is apart of Norton AV and when I restarted my pc and gives me an error message and I couldn't open any programs

besides that use Partition Magic. I really don't think Norton cuased your problem could of been a virus

**Kirby** · June 2nd, 2003

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Originally posted by yeloazndevil
PowerQuest Partition Magic can do it...I had many problems with Norton AV when I install it detects a "virus" even tho the file it thinks is a virus is apart of Norton AV and when I restarted my pc and gives me an error message and I couldn't open any programs besides that use Partition Magic. I really don't think Norton cuased your problem could of been a virus

PartitionMagic requires that windows be installed before it can work (except if you created the boot disks before time). If you can bootup from a floppy, you can try Ranish Partition Manager......however I heard it was pretty advanced, so it might be what you are looking for

Ipswitch · June 2nd, 2003

my friend booted his comp the other day to find his second HD was gone. nothing recognized it, not windows, not the bios. he checked the cables and all that but it was just gone.

**Kirby** · June 2nd, 2003

To be honest, I actually experienced what you people are talking about now. It just happened one day and I couldn't access anything on my secondary drive and it was slow on my primary drive. I don't think I did anything special to cause it either.

/me points finger at microsoft

Kraelis · June 11th, 2003

Without a partition table, and boot record, is anything still recoverable at all? Well, if the FAT is still intact... maybe, but I didn't know that there are tools capable of recovering data in such a state.

June 2nd, 2003	#1 (permalink)
grahf Weltall Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 458	My partition table is gone I turned on my computer today and to my surprised found that my harddrive has been wiped clean. Specifically, my partition table, boot record, and boot sectors has all been deleted. My suspicion as to the problem is the installation of norton AV which I had install a week earlier. I'm pretty sure norton is the only program on my computer capable of modifying the partition and boot record files. I'm now in the process of recovering whatever's left of the 20gb drive. Does anyone know of any good partition/boot program that allows for the creation of a new partition table without destroying existing data? __________________ SIS motherboard \| WindowsXP pro \| Athlon XP 2200+(1.8 Ghz) IBM 120gb 7200rpm \| 512Mb DDR PC2100 @133mhz \| C-media 3d sound\| Pixelview geforce4ti4200 64mb\| 12x8x32x CDRW \| 300watt power supply

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Kirby Politically incorrect FTW Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 8,445	To be honest, I actually experienced what you people are talking about now. It just happened one day and I couldn't access anything on my secondary drive and it was slow on my primary drive. I don't think I did anything special to cause it either. /me points finger at microsoft __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4400+ Toledo, Nvidia GeForce 7950GT SLi, 2GB PC3200 2-3-2-5, ABit AN8-SLi, Sound Blaster X-FI XtremeMusic

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Kraelis Fallen Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Moonlight Spire Posts: 1,393	Without a partition table, and boot record, is anything still recoverable at all? Well, if the FAT is still intact... maybe, but I didn't know that there are tools capable of recovering data in such a state. __________________ --KrÆlis Cross Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur =============== Athlon 64 x2 3800\| Asrock ALiveNF6G-VSTA \| Kingston DDR2 1 Gb RAM

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June 2nd, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	PowerQuest Partition Magic can do it...I had many problems with Norton AV when I install it detects a "virus" even tho the file it thinks is a virus is apart of Norton AV and when I restarted my pc and gives me an error message and I couldn't open any programs besides that use Partition Magic. I really don't think Norton cuased your problem could of been a virus

June 2nd, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Ipswitch /dev/user Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Internet Posts: 407	my friend booted his comp the other day to find his second HD was gone. nothing recognized it, not windows, not the bios. he checked the cables and all that but it was just gone.