Frequent Partition Error

SYMPTOMS:
When we try to boot after hardware testing procedures, we'll see just blank screen without any messages.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, it can automatically check and repair partition table error.

SYMPTOMS:
Not found any Active Partition in hard drive.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and it will report some messages as follows:
ERROR: No Active Primary partition on Harddisk1.
Do you want set Active primary partition on Harddisk1?
Please click 'Yes' button to solve this problem.

SYMPTOMS:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and it will report some messages as follows:
ERROR: No Active Primary partition on Harddisk1.
Do you want set Active primary partition on Harddisk1?
Please click 'Yes' button to solve this problem.

SYMPTOMS:
Invalid partition table.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and it will report some messages as follows:
ERROR: Invalid Boot Indicator of primary partitions on Harddisk1.
Do you want correct the error?
Please click 'Yes' button to solve this problem.

SYMPTOMS:
Missing operating system.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and it will report some messages as follows:
ERROR: Partition 1 on Harddisk1 Absolute start sector is 16191.
The right start sector is 63.
Do you want correct the error?
Please click 'Yes' button to solve this problem.

SYMPTOMS:
Boot infection or Boot virus.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and choose 'Rebuild MBR' function on 'Operations' menu. More details see 'Rebuild MBR'.

SYMPTOMS:
Invalid Drive Specification messages. We want to find my lost partition.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and choose 'Rebuild Partition Table' function on 'Operations' menu.

SYMPTOMS:
- Invalid media type reading drive.
Abort, Retry, Fail?
- File system is displayed as RAW.
- Windows may ask if you want to format the drive.
- File names contain weird characters.
- Sector Not Found messages.

Solution:
Please run Partition Table Doctor, and choose 'Fixboot' function on 'Operations' menu. More detail sees 'Fixboot'.

Note: If Partition Table Doctor cannot help you, we recommend that you can use professional data recovery software, such as Data Recovery Wizard to recover files.

See: Hard Disk Data Security and Protection

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