How do I Recover Missing or Lost Logical Drives?

What is partition?
To divide memory or mass storage into isolated sections. In DOS systems, you can partition a disk, and each partition will behave like a separate disk drive. Partitioning is particularly useful if you run more than one operating system. For example, you might reserve one partition for Windows and another for UNIX.

In addition, partitioning on DOS and Windows machines can improve disk efficiency. This is because the FAT system used by these operating systems automatically assigns cluster size based on the disk size: the larger the disk, the larger the cluster. Unfortunately, large clusters can result in a wasted disk space, called slack space. There is an entire sector of the software industry devoted to building utilities that let you partition your hard disk, such as Fdisk, EASEUS Partition Master, Partition Magic and Super Fdisk.

Explanation: Whether partition can be recognized by system or not depends on the partition table and boot sector of partition. More partition table details see "About Partition Table". If partition table or boot sector of partition is destroyed by virus or deleted accidentally, you will not see the partition you need. In fact, the partition is not actually lost.

Mostly, Partition Table Doctor will help you to recover partition table and recover lost or deleted partition except physical damage, or failure of the hard disk or other storage medium.

If you want to recover files from deleted partition, especially under Windows Vista/2008/Windows 7, our ALL-IN-ONE data recovery solution - EASEUS Partition Master is highly recommended. Besides data recovery feature, it also provides Partition Manager and Disk & Partition Copy for better partition management. Home Edition is FREE for home users.

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As always, Do Not Forget to Backup Your Partition or Disk in Case of Data Loss! Get Started with Free Windows Backup Software - EASEUS Todo Backup!

See also: How to recover files from deleted, missing or lost partitions?

Note: Under no circumstances should you run a repair utility such as Scandisk or Chkdsk.

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