HD can not be reactivated by Disk Management

sorry to do this, but BUMP!

sorry to do this, but BUMP!

That has no effect on a newsgroup.

Dimson wrote:

sorry to do this, but BUMP!

That has no effect on a newsgroup.

Dimson wrote:

sorry to do this, but BUMP!

In message Bob I
wrote:

That has no effect on a newsgroup.

Sure it does. I, for one, killfiled him. I killfile people who don't
quote when they reply too, and a few other things that annoy me.


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In message Bob I
wrote:

That has no effect on a newsgroup.

Sure it does. I, for one, killfiled him. I killfile people who don't
quote when they reply too, and a few other things that annoy me.


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A cheap shot is a terrible thing to waste.

Hi Richard,

Partition 1
Type : 42
Hidden: Yes
Active: No
There is no volume associated with this partition.

So it's type 42 (?) hidden and not active....
Any way to activate it without loosing the data?

Well I have a copy of Partition Magic, it can hide/unhide

this link:
http://www.partition-manager.com/ove...ition_tool.htm
gives some good information about hidding and unhidding

I hope for you, that this is the solution to your problem.

Regards Leif.

Hi Richard,

Partition 1
Type : 42
Hidden: Yes
Active: No
There is no volume associated with this partition.

So it's type 42 (?) hidden and not active....
Any way to activate it without loosing the data?

Well I have a copy of Partition Magic, it can hide/unhide

this link:
http://www.partition-manager.com/ove...ition_tool.htm
gives some good information about hidding and unhidding

I hope for you, that this is the solution to your problem.

Regards Leif.

Thank you all for participating,
espesially Rich Barry (from a different thread)
who sent me to anandtech forum, where I found this article:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139
and "magic" program TestDisk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Spent some time to figure out what to do... AND!!!
3 clicks - everything is back!!!
MORE!
I converted my disks (4*120Gig - they where in PCI IDE controller)
from Dynamic to Basic in 3 clicks each without loosing the data
or rewriting it to a different disk and back.

Thank you all for participating,
espesially Rich Barry (from a different thread)
who sent me to anandtech forum, where I found this article:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139
and "magic" program TestDisk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Spent some time to figure out what to do... AND!!!
3 clicks - everything is back!!!
MORE!
I converted my disks (4*120Gig - they where in PCI IDE controller)
from Dynamic to Basic in 3 clicks each without loosing the data
or rewriting it to a different disk and back.

Hi Dimson

Thank you all for participating,
espesially Rich Barry (from a different thread)
who sent me to anandtech forum, where I found this article:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139
and "magic" program TestDisk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Spent some time to figure out what to do... AND!!!
3 clicks - everything is back!!!
MORE!
I converted my disks (4*120Gig - they where in PCI IDE controller)
from Dynamic to Basic in 3 clicks each without loosing the data
or rewriting it to a different disk and back.

Could you posibly tell me how you converted dynamic to basic without
loosing any data?

Thank you - regards Leif.

Hi Dimson

Thank you all for participating,
espesially Rich Barry (from a different thread)
who sent me to anandtech forum, where I found this article:
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1139
and "magic" program TestDisk:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Spent some time to figure out what to do... AND!!!
3 clicks - everything is back!!!
MORE!
I converted my disks (4*120Gig - they where in PCI IDE controller)
from Dynamic to Basic in 3 clicks each without loosing the data
or rewriting it to a different disk and back.

Could you posibly tell me how you converted dynamic to basic without
loosing any data?

Thank you - regards Leif.

Sure.
This is what I did.
1. Downloaded the program testdisk-5.8-WIP (latest beta version from link
above).
2. Connected the drive via USB (!).
3. Run testdisk_win.exe
Disk was as number 4 in the disk list.
3.1 Chose it. Analyze/Enter
It showed up 1 partition.
3.2 Quit/Enter
It started to analyze cylinders (takes some time).
3.3 Showed - Structu OK Use arrow keys to change partition
characteristics.
I did not choose anything.
3.4 Enter to continue
3.5 Wright/Enter
3.6 Y/Enter
3.7 Quit/Enter
4. Disconnected the drive trough safely remove hardware.
5. Connected it back - MAGIC.
It showed up in the explorer and disk management as Basic disk, Healthy
(active)...
with all my data. Everything works.
6. Changed the drive letter.
Now I don't have to reactivate it, it shows up right after plugging it in a
USB port.
Can unplug it at any time (without safely...)

Note. In step 3.3 message Structu OK is important.

Hope, it works for you.
Regards.
Dimson


Could you posibly tell me how you converted dynamic to basic without
loosing any data?

Thank you - regards Leif.

Sure.
This is what I did.
1. Downloaded the program testdisk-5.8-WIP (latest beta version from link
above).
2. Connected the drive via USB (!).
3. Run testdisk_win.exe
Disk was as number 4 in the disk list.
3.1 Chose it. Analyze/Enter
It showed up 1 partition.
3.2 Quit/Enter
It started to analyze cylinders (takes some time).
3.3 Showed - Structu OK Use arrow keys to change partition
characteristics.
I did not choose anything.
3.4 Enter to continue
3.5 Wright/Enter
3.6 Y/Enter
3.7 Quit/Enter
4. Disconnected the drive trough safely remove hardware.
5. Connected it back - MAGIC.
It showed up in the explorer and disk management as Basic disk, Healthy
(active)...
with all my data. Everything works.
6. Changed the drive letter.
Now I don't have to reactivate it, it shows up right after plugging it in a
USB port.
Can unplug it at any time (without safely...)

Note. In step 3.3 message Structu OK is important.

Hope, it works for you.
Regards.
Dimson


Could you posibly tell me how you converted dynamic to basic without
loosing any data?

Thank you - regards Leif.

Hi Dimson,

On Tue, 17 May 2005 23:11:04 -0700, Dimson
wrote:

Sure.
This is what I did.

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation

Just to verify.

This was a SINGLE dynamic disk, which was NOT part of an array. Is
that correct?

Regards Leif.