Partition Size (Incorrect)
Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2011 12:52 am
Morning folks.
I have had a look round the site to see if I can find the answer before posting, but couldn't seem to find anything that resembled my problem, so hopefully this won’t be a duplicate post.
I have a Seagate 500gb hard drive, which I had successfully partitioned (using GParted, I think) and had been using for a while before a crash.
After the crash the HD would no longer see the Data partition, and the OS partition had been corrupted. I have no idea what caused the crash.
Anyway I have resigned myself to the fact I have lost the data and thought I would resolve the problem, however the tools I have used only report a 80gb partition and can’t see the remaining HD size. I am assuming it must be an option to somehow restore the hard drive to its "factory size" maybe by editing the MBR, but I am way beyond my skill and knowledge level here; so I am hoping that someone can advise on the right tools (hopefully on UBCD) to play with or point me in the direction of some useful guide.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
K
I have had a look round the site to see if I can find the answer before posting, but couldn't seem to find anything that resembled my problem, so hopefully this won’t be a duplicate post.
I have a Seagate 500gb hard drive, which I had successfully partitioned (using GParted, I think) and had been using for a while before a crash.
After the crash the HD would no longer see the Data partition, and the OS partition had been corrupted. I have no idea what caused the crash.
Anyway I have resigned myself to the fact I have lost the data and thought I would resolve the problem, however the tools I have used only report a 80gb partition and can’t see the remaining HD size. I am assuming it must be an option to somehow restore the hard drive to its "factory size" maybe by editing the MBR, but I am way beyond my skill and knowledge level here; so I am hoping that someone can advise on the right tools (hopefully on UBCD) to play with or point me in the direction of some useful guide.
Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
K