Delete Partition

Use Delete to remove a partition from a hard disk. The data in the partition will keep residing on the hard disk, it can only be made accessible by the Undelete partition tool (e.g. Partition Table Doctor).

If you prefer to remove a partition from a hard disk and destroy all the data, you can use the Delete and Secure Erase option. Once a partition is securely erased, it cannot be brought back with the Undelete partition tool.

Notes: The Delete operations may change drive letter assignments.

STEPS TO DELETE A PARTITION
1. On the Harddisks drop-down list, select the disk with the partition you want to delete.
2. On the disk map, select the partition you want to delete and click PARTITION > DELETE on the menu bar.
3. Click Delete or Delete and Secure Erase.
4. Click OK

The differences between Partition Table Doctor and Data Recovery Wizard

Have you found that there are some important files lost in your data loss disaster even though the partition table has been retrieved with a partition recovery software?

If the data in the partition was loss or destroyed, you can not access them after retrieved your partition. When you encountered this problem, select a recovery software such as Data Recovery Wizard is a good choice for you.

The following table is the details of common problems which can be solved by Partition Table Doctor or Data Recovery Wizard. Hope this will be helpful to you.

Common problems related to data loss and solutions

• How do I recover deleted file(s) and folder(s)?
• How do I recover missing or lost logical drives?
• How do I recover formatted logical drives?
• How do I recover Fdisked drives?
• How do I recover lost file(s) and folder(s)?
• How do I recover repartitioned (such as Partition Magic resize partition error) drives?
• How do I recover hard disks involving Scandisk and Chkdsk?
• How do I Recover 'Ghosted' (or 'imaged') hard disk drives?
• How do I recover Raw Drive?
• How do I recover Encrypted Data on NTFS Partition?
• How do I recover Compressed Data on NTFS Partition?
• Raid Drive Recovery Overview
• Professional Data Recovery Software: Data Recovery Wizard