NTFS files recovery method for restoring the manually deleted partitions
Posted by admin | Under ntfs data recovery Tuesday Nov 29, 2011While removing the dynamic volumes, the Disk Management mechanism removes the boot sector 90 sector) and also the volume entries. By using the Disk Management snap-in tool a user can recover such manually deleted partitions – NTFS or FAT32. One thing to remember while using this tool is that it only restores those volumes which have not been overwritten.
Note: The Disk Management snap-in tool cannot restore the FAT 16 partition as it is different from the NTFS and FAT32 partitions. Even the RAID-5 and dynamic mirrored volume cannot be retrieved with this method.
Steps to restore the deleted NTFS partition with Disk Management Snap in:
The Disk Management snap-in tool is a Microsoft based management console tool for the partitions. It helps in managing the system disks (local and remote) in a better way.
It very soon replaced the traditional command prompt available in the earlier versions. It provides a graphical presentation for showing the interrelationships of the disks.
Firstly, without reformatting, the user would have to redesign the exact volumes. It is a very lengthy and complex process where the user would have to give the exact details of the previous volumes.
Secondly, Run the Dskprobe.exe tool for restoring the backup sector (in NTFS volume) from the partitions. After that, use the Dmdiag.exe tool for searching the backup from the partitions. For running the Dskprobe.exe tool go to Tools then Search Sectors and click Dskprobe.exe tool.
Thirdly, Close the Dskprobe command after redesigning the NTFS.
Fourthly, mount the volumes with the Disk Management command by clicking on the
Rescan Disks option in Action menu.
Restore the FAT32 partition
Firstly, without reformatting, the user would have to redesign the exact volumes. It is a very lengthy and complex process where the user would have to give the exact details of the previous volumes.
Secondly, Recover the FAT32 volumes with Dskprobe.exe tool.
Thirdly, Close the Dskprobe.exe tool after rewriting the partition.
Fourthly, mount the volumes with the Disk Management command by clicking on the Rescan Disks option in Action menu.
The steps to rewrite and restructure the volumes are not easy to perform. It is very difficult to provide the details of previous volumes specifically during the rounding up process. For quickly restoring the portions a user can try NTFS Recovery Software.
