Partition recovery hard drive possible in 80% of cases. It is impossible to restore the HDD partition using internal means, so you will have to use third-party utilities.

Using TestDisk

TestDisk is a freely distributed program whose task is to recover lost disk partitions after system or human errors.

This utility is perfect for inexperienced users who have lost a local volume on their HDD. Firstly, its interface is friendly for this kind of program, and secondly, the entire recovery procedure is completely automatic.

Instructions for hard recovery disk using the TestDisk utility:

1. First of all, you need to download the program image to a third-party medium (it can be a disk or flash drive);
2. Reboot the computer and configure the BIOS to boot from priority external device(the subparagraph below says how). Save the changes made and exit the environment;
3. After a short download, the utility will launch;
4. A window will appear with the hard drives labeled. Choose the one local disk, from which the volume disappeared, and press the “Proceed” button:
5. After this, the user must select the file system type. If Windows was installed on the computer, then click on Intel:
   
6. In order to scan the local disk, click “Analyze”:
7. After completing the analysis, you need to start searching for the lost partition (volume, partition). To do this, click on “Proceed” again:
   
8. The program will start searching for deleted partitions. The whole process will be displayed as a percentage:
   
9. After the search is completed, the deleted HDD partitions will appear in the form of a list (Data1 and Data2 appear as lost volumes on the screen). Using the arrows on the keyboard, select the volume that we want to restore and press Enter:
   
10. The next step is to select the Write! command, which initiates the launch of the procedure for restoring lost HDD partitions:
    
11. AND last action– confirmation of the creation of the section. This is done using the Y key.

After exiting the program (Quit) and restarting the computer, the user will again be able to use the local HDD volume. All information will be restored completely without changes.

A good example in the video:

BIOS setup

Quick Guide BIOS setup to run from an external device:

• Go to the “First Boot” parameter, which can be located in the “Boot” or “Boot Device Configuration” sections (depending on the version of the motherboard);
• In the parameter we set the value of the external media on which the program is located;
• Save and restart the computer by pressing the F10 key.

Recovery using Magic Partition Recovery

Another one popular program, which can be used to recover hard drive partitions after they have been accidentally deleted, but unlike the utility described above, it is paid. In fairness, it is worth noting several important advantages:

• Ability to restore hard disk clusters damaged by malicious software;
• There is no need to configure the BIOS, since the application is operated from the Windows system interface;
• Speed ​​of work. There are few partition recovery utilities on the Internet that can compare with the speed of Magic Partition Recovery.

Instructions for using the application:

1. Let's launch the program. In the interface, select the HDD in which you want to restore the deleted volume:
   
2. The next step is to scan the HDD for damaged or deleted partitions. Analysis can be of two types: quick and deep. For high-quality results, it is recommended to choose deep scanning:
   
3. Click on the “Next” button and the program will start analyzing the HDD. The scanning speed depends on the size of the hard drive (with average PC performance, 500 GB took 45 minutes);
4. After the analysis is completed, the utility will display a list of all found files, volumes and folders, including lost ones. Deleted partitions are marked with a red icon:

If you accidentally deleted a disk or several partitions on your PC, don’t worry, lost data can be recovered. There are many programs for this. This is paid Acronis Disk Director, free TestDisk, AOMEI, Partition Assistant Standard Edition and DMDE. Let's look at how to recover a deleted disk using the latest program.

Recovering a deleted disk using the DMDE program

In order to recover a deleted disk partition or an entire disk, you need to download the DMDE program by clicking on the link. Next, open the archive and run the .exe file.

In the window that opens, select a physical disk, indicate that this is a device and click “OK”.

A search for deleted partitions and disks will begin.

After the search, a table of results will appear. Let's look at the remote disk. It will be marked with green letters "BCF". Pay attention to the volume. It should match the one that was before deletion. Choose required disk and click “Insert”.

In the next window, select the partition type. If your PC has operating system Windows XP or 7 and you have removed the “D” drive, then you should select “Logical Disk (MBR)”. Select “Main disk (MBR)” only if you have lost drive “C” on which the operating system is installed. If you are using Windows 8 or higher and your PC supports latest standard“GPT”, we recommend choosing the third option.

Also, to make the choice easier, you should look at the standard of the remote disk in the previous window.

Before restoring the disk, check the box “...save file data for rollback” and click “Yes”.

Select a location to save the file.

The disk has been restored. Now go to “Disk Management”, select the “Action” tab and “Update”.

The deleted drive “D” will appear, but without a letter. Right-click on it and select “Change drive letter or path.”

A new window will appear. Click “Add”.

Select the letter “D” and click “OK”.

Close Disk Management. Go to “Computer” and see that drive “D” has been restored.

Recovering a deleted partition using the DMDE program

Restoring deleted hard drive partitions using the DMDE program is much more difficult. First of all, you need to disconnect the hard drive from one PC and connect it to another, which already has the program installed.

Disk Management will display two basic disks with operating systems installed.

For example, let's delete all partitions from the connected disk and restore them back.

Launch the DMDE program. Select a physical disk. Its name will be displayed at the bottom, so select the one that was connected to the PC and on which the partitions were lost. Click “OK”.

A search for deleted partitions will begin.

Select only the required section. Initially it will be “System Reserved”. We look at the volume so as not to restore an earlier and unnecessary partition.

Select “Main Partition (MBR)”, since we need to restore the partition with Windows 7. Click “OK”. If we are restoring a disk with Windows 8 OS, select the third option.

In the next window, select “Reserved by the system” and click “Apply”.

Save the data for rollback and click “Yes”.

The first partition has been restored.

We repeat all the steps in the same way with the sections referred to as “BCF”.

After restoring them, go to “Disk Management”. Click “Action” and “Update”.

Then we change the drive letter, move it back to the PC and start the system. The data has been restored.

Hello admin. Created bootable USB flash drive Windows 10 command line and selected the wrong drive, then using the Clean command I accidentally deleted all the partitions on my second hard drive, now I don’t know what to do and what program to use for recovery. Still, it’s a pity to part with the deleted data, everything was there: documents, books, videos, music, photographs.

How to recover a deleted hard drive partition using the free AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition program

Hello friends! A week ago, I myself found myself in the same situation, on my computer there were two drives, the first SSD with installed Windows 10, and the second one is regular hard SATA drive 700 GB in size with a collection of ISO images of operating systems, backup copies Windows and something else. And then, quite by accident, I go to Disk Management and mistakenly delete both partitions on this 700 GB SATA hard drive.

There is no need to panic in this case, because after deleting the partitions, I did not create other partitions on this hard drive and did not copy any information to it, which means that the chances of restoring the partitions greatly increase and I am sure that it is possible to recover the deleted partitions entirely along with the files.

• Note: What happens when you delete hard drive partitions along with files. The operating system simply marks all your information as deleted and your files are not physically erased from your hard drive. In this case, it is not difficult to restore the deleted partition along with the data, you just need good program on restoration.
• It is much more difficult to restore a deleted partition if, immediately after deletion, you create another partition in its place and copy other files to it, that is, write information over the deleted files.

Friends, I immediately restored the deleted partitions, but I will perform the recovery operation for you again.

Managing my computer's disks

Disk 2 is a 700 GB SATA hard drive, on which I will delete both partitions for the experiment and then restore them.

I delete partitions one by one (E:) and (G:), right-click on the sections and click Delete.

Both partitions have been deleted, now let's restore them.

We will restore deleted partitions along with files free program.

Official website of the programhttp://www.disk-partition.com/download.html

Download and install the program.

Let's launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition

In the main window of the program, select unallocated space with the left mouse and click on the button Recovery Wizards.

Select the hard drive on which we want to restore deleted partitions and click Further

In this window, first select “Quick Search”, if it does not help, then select “Full Search”, it will last much longer and can find partitions on your disk that existed there several years ago, at the end of the article we will analyze “Full Search” it in details.

" Quick search ". Further

Both of our deleted partitions were found in a couple of seconds (they fit in size), but this does not always happen, as I already noticed, if quick search does not help, then return to the previous window and select “Full search”.

In our case, everything is fine, so we mark both found sections with checkboxes and click “Go”.

The partitions were successfully restored.

Recovered partitions.

Disk management.

All files have been restored.

Full search for deleted partitions

Friends, at the end of the article I want to dwell in more detail on the full search.

So, for example, “Quick Search” did not help you and the program did not find anything, then we launch a “Full Search” of deleted partitions on the hard drive.

The scan can take an hour or even two, depending on the size of the hard drive being scanned.

If the program finds deleted partitions of the drive, it will display a window in which you can check the found partitions and click “Go”.

In more complex cases, when other files were written over the deleted files, the program may find something completely different from what you need, then it is better not to restore anything and turn to other similar programs.

The step-by-step wizard hides from the user all the complexity and laboriousness of working with the program for hard drive data recovery. By following the wizard's simple instructions, you can easily find, restore and save all the necessary information. To get started, download and install the program.

Step 1: Select a drive to recover data from

Specify the logical drive from which the files were deleted. If files were lost after formatting, deleting or recreating logical partitions, then you need to select a physical storage medium or use the function "Search for sections". The list of physical devices is located below the list of logical partitions.

Virtual image

By creating a virtual copy of the disk and continuing to restore data from it, you are guaranteed to protect yourself from accidental overwriting of deleted files and have the opportunity to restore data to the same disk.

Creating an image

For creating virtual copy data, select the desired disk with the mouse and select in the main menu of the program "Service" – "Save Disk". You can create an image of the entire storage medium or specify the starting sector and disk size. The program allows you to compress the contents of the disk to save space. Specify full name image file and click the button "Save".

Using the image

Select from main menu "Service" – "Mount disk" and provide the full path to the image file. The utility will automatically add the previously saved disk to the folder tree. You can select it to analyze and search for deleted files. you can use virtual disk to recover data on another computer or laptop.

Recovering deleted partitions

The utility allows you to find deleted logical drives and continue searching and recovering deleted files from them. This approach significantly saves time spent on analyzing the storage medium.

To search for partitions, select the device in the folder tree and select in the main menu "File" – "Find drives". Specify the file system type of the partition you are looking for, as well as its approximate location on the device. It is recommended to analyze the entire disk and search for all possible file systems. By default, the program launches a quick search for partitions.

After analyzing the disk, you can run a full device analysis to find more partitions. All found partitions are added to the directory tree and become available for further scanning.

Step 2: Select a disk recovery method

Select an algorithm for recovering deleted data. The program has two fundamental various types analysis, each has its own strengths and weak sides. Let's take a closer look at them.

Quick Scan

"Quick Scan" allows you to analyze HDD in a matter of seconds. This method allows you to quickly find files deleted using a keyboard shortcut "Shift" + "Delete" or as a result of cleaning "Baskets" Windows. In all other cases it is recommended to use « Full analysis» . Full hard analysis disk takes a long time (depending on the size of the disk).

Full analysis

"Full Analysis" uses all the capabilities of the program and allows you to restore information, regardless of how it was deleted. This method allows you to recover data from damaged disks, files lost after formatting, deleting, recreating logical disks or for any other reason. The full analysis uses all possible search algorithms for lost files.

Step 3: Wait for the recovery process to complete

The program will begin searching for deleted files. During the analysis, the utility will calculate the time until the end of the operation, and also indicate the number of disks, files and folders found. Wait for the analysis to finish and click the button "Ready".

Analysis Process

The program will display all files and folders found on the disk. The files will be displayed in the same folders in which they were located before deletion, as in Windows program"Conductor". All deleted objects will be marked with a red cross.

The utility supports various file display modes: page thumbnails, large and regular icons, list, table and tile. You can sort recovered files by name, size, file type, and creation or editing date.

After analysis, you can search for files by name, size, date of creation or modification of files.

“$Deleted and Found” and “$Deep Analysis”

In chapter "$Deleted and Found" there are those files and folders whose location could not be determined. Be sure to check this section if you cannot find the files in their original location.

The program searches for deleted files not only from file tables, but also by their contents. By comprehensively analyzing the contents of the disk, the utility finds signatures indicating the beginning and end of the file (for example, a file with the PSD extension must begin with a combination of bytes "8B PS"). The files found in this way are located in the folder "$Deep Analysis".

Preview

Files found for recovery are displayed in the program - as in regular Windows "Explorer"– in the same folder from which they were deleted. By displaying the contents of files, the utility allows you to select and save only the necessary data.

Viewing file contents

The program allows you to view the contents of more than 200 different file formats (for example: digital images, compressed archives, text documents, executable files, spreadsheets, many video and audio file formats). Files displayed in preview, are guaranteed to be restored after registering the program.

Selecting files to save

To save files deleted from one folder, you need to navigate to it using the directory tree, then select necessary files in the list and select in the main menu "File" – "Restore". To select files from different directories, drag them with the mouse into "Recovery cart" located in the lower right corner of the program. To save from "Baskets" click the button "Restore", located there.

Step 4: Save the data recovered from your hard drive

You can choose any convenient method to save recovered files. The program allows you to save files to a folder on a disk, burn to a CD, DVD, create an ISO image or upload files to a remote FTP server.

To save files to disk, specify the directory to save the files. If you need to return only deleted files or preserve the directory tree structure of the disk, enable the appropriate switches.

The program allows you to save ADS (Alternate Data Streams) and replace lost characters from the file name (when deleting files, the FAT file system driver erases the first letter of the file name, but most of the name may be lost).

Burning a CD or DVD

When burning files to a CD or DVD, the program allows you to select the disc label, recording speed and file system. Select the drive that will be used for recording, specify the required parameters (you can use the default parameters) and click "Further".

The utility supports multi-session disc recording and allows you to save files in the same folders from which they were deleted (if you do not specify the option "Restore folder structure", all files will be saved in one directory).

Creating an ISO image with files

The program allows you to create virtual image with data. To write files, you must specify the full name of the image file, the drive label, and the file system of the drive. To preserve the folder structure and replace unknown characters in the names of the recovered files, you must specify the appropriate options.

The program allows you to once again view the files and folders selected for saving. At this stage, the option to change file names is available. Click "Create" to complete the process.

Uploading files to an FTP server

The program allows you to save recovered files to a remote server using the FTP protocol. You can keep the original directory tree structure. To save files, specify the FTP server address and port, as well as the username, password and remote directory. The utility supports passive file download mode, as well as working through a proxy server. You can remember the password so you don't have to enter it again (the password is stored in clear text in the settings file).

The disappearance of a hard drive partition is not a very common situation. However, its consequences can be quite serious, up to the impossibility of logging into Windows system. Therefore, every user should know how to recover hard drive partitions.

No system disk

The most unpleasant situation is the absence of a partition on which the operating system itself is installed. When trying to boot, the following message may appear on the screen:

To restore the system partition, you need to use bootable media with Acronis Disk Director written on it.

Partition recovery

Install bootable media into the drive and restart the computer.

Don't forget to configure the BIOS correctly by setting the boot priority so that the removable device boots first optical disk or USB stick.

After the boot mode selection window appears, click on Acronis Disk Director.

In the main window of the utility, you will see that the main partition is missing: instead of the C:\ drive, you now have unallocated space.

You can fix this error using regular formatting; however, in this case you will have to use special utilities such as R-Studio or Recuva, which allow you to recover deleted files from a flash drive or hard drive. Therefore, it is much wiser to take a less energy-consuming route:

In the menu on the left, find and launch Acronis RecoveryExpert. Select manual mode recovery.

Mark the unallocated space and click Next.

Select Quick Search for Deleted Volumes.

A section with a letter should appear in the search results. It may be different from the one that was on your deleted volume, but this is a normal situation. The main thing is that the volume matches.

Review the list of operations that will be performed and click Continue.

After exiting the recovery wizard, you will see your partition in its normal working state. You can now restart your computer. You may also have to restore your system if the Windows boot loader is damaged.

Alternatively, you can connect the hard drive to another computer and perform all the described steps through a running system. In this case, you will not have to create bootable media with Acronis Disk Director.

Instead of the Acronis program, you can use other similar utilities - DMDE, Test Disk, EASEUS Partition Recovery. They all work on approximately the same principle, first detecting a deleted volume and then offering to restore it with all the data.