Windows 10: Lost partition on my internal hard drive

Discus and support Lost partition on my internal hard drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have a Dell XPS that is running Windows 10. I had a hard drive that was partitioned into a C: drive with 200 Gb for programs and a D: drive with 1.7... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Carie Mark, Feb 11, 2020.

  1. CARIE MARK
    Carie Mark Win User

    Lost partition on my internal hard drive


    I have a Dell XPS that is running Windows 10. I had a hard drive that was partitioned into a C: drive with 200 Gb for programs and a D: drive with 1.7 Tb for data. I was deleting programs a few days ago to free up hard drive space and I remember several versions of Visual C++ that I deleted. After doing this I noticed that my D: drive was gone. I went into disk management to see if the drive has switched the partition to unallocated and it doesn't even read that space on the drive as being there anymore. It shows that my hard drive is a little over 200 Gb total now. I have never experienced a problem like this before. Can anyone help me with how to restore this missing partition and recover all of my lost data files? Thanks

    :)
     
    Carie Mark, Feb 11, 2020
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  2. W1ZZARD
    W1zzard Win User

    W7 Hard drive partition issue

    to get rid of that 100 meg windows partition that setup creates for you on a new install on a blank hdd:

    - press shift+f10 when on the partition management screen in setup <-- this opens a command prompt
    - diskpart <-- start the windows command line partition management tool
    - list disk <--- list the installed hdds in this computer for the next step
    - select disk 0 <- might have to replace 0 with the number of the correct disk
    - clean <-- this will erase all data on the disk you selected one step up- dont use the wrong disk!
    - create partition primary <- creates a primary partition taking up all space on the drive, adjust the command if necessary
    - exit, exit to exit diskpart and the command prompt
    - click refresh in partition manager and select your newly created partition and install to that
     
    W1zzard, Feb 11, 2020
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  3. DIA01
    Dia01 Win User
    Partition or multiple hard drives?

    As the title suggests. Is it worth installing say a 36GB drive for the OS soley or partitioning an existing larger drive with either 2 or more partitions? I am currently running Vista 32bit and want to try out 64bit and am sick of reformatting the whole drive. Any suggestions?
     
    Dia01, Feb 11, 2020
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  4. BADROBOT
    badrobot Win User

    Lost partition on my internal hard drive

    Partitioning My Hard Drive Without Losing Data


    Download any of the suggested programs above and fire up Youtube for a step by step instruction. Easus is a good software. But I personally use MiniTool Partition Wizard.

    It will only take 5 minutes to become a professional hard drive partitioner. Lost partition on my internal hard drive :)
     
    badrobot, Feb 11, 2020
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