zemond Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Hey guys,I have ( had ) 2 partitions, formatted my pc and now my second one is gone. When I go to disk management the second partition is still there NTSF, Healthy (Unknown), There are no right click options other then 'delete partition'.Im running win xp home, (if that changes anything)So guys, How do I get this partition to be active so i can browse it?Cheers all-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 24, 2007 Report Share Posted August 24, 2007 Have a look:http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555056If you are not sure what it is, go ahead and delete it and re-create a new partition to regain this space. If you use any 3rd party partitioning or backup programs, they may use this space for storage. Also, if you use Linux it shows as an unknown partition in Windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Gday,Thx for your reply, The problem is I cannot delete this partition because It has alot of backups on it. The partition was made with partition magic, would installing this peice of software, and going thru its options help?Cheers Guys-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Backup files can often only be accessed by the program that created them. Are these old backups of any real use to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Its all my website source files, I dont get the problem, its just a 20gb partition, i just want to be able to browse all the files in windows explorer. Its not some crazy image file or oldschool fat16 filesystem.Any Ideas?Cheers guys-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 MAN!!!!Just set the partition to active using diskpart (or whatever it is) then my computer wouldnt boot up.... bloody fantastic solution expertexchange!!!, anywayz, 2 formats down any solutions guys???Cheers all-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Just a long shot.Have you tried booting from a Linux Live CD ?That should (hopefully) be able to read your NTFS partition. You could then burn your files to CD ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 MAN!!!!bloody fantastic solution expertexchangeNot quite sure what you mean by this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Yeah, I have had that thought, but then ill be running around on linux forums lol, I do have an ubunto cd lying about somewhere, but s***... right now im not in the mood. Plus if you think im hopeless with windows, you can shoot me down a few places with linux.Even if i cant find an easy solution, is anyone able to tell me the problem? I cant view the partition in windows explorer because..........PS.I really dont want to loose the data on itCheers guys-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 We have some very capable Linux users here. Don't do yourself down ......... I am a total novice with Linux, but was able to run Ubuntu from its Live CD - no problem and as it was so easy, I then installed it as a dual boot with XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Ahh you know how it is, i used ubunto to install OSX tiger on my toshiba, just to give the windows fans at the office a chuckle. But i cbf searching for that cd, and cbf downloading it again.Thx for your replies thou borisCheers-- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted August 25, 2007 Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 What about this ? http://www.bootdisk.com/ntfs.htmNever used it myself ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zemond Posted August 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2007 Thx a heap boris for taking the time to help me out. I got it working, well partition magic did, i decided to go thru all my cd's to find it and it turns out it has this 'unhide partition' button, worked like a charm.Anyway guys, thx to all -- Zemond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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