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by terramonkey
31 Mar 2012, 19:40
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT
Replies: 9
Views: 11585

Re: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT

Wow, that's a lot of information, not sure I understand it all!!

Having used the "partitionguru" software to scan the drive I can see that there is a working partition table at the end of the drive, which I assume is the "backup" of the original?

The file structure using that one seems to be ok ...
by terramonkey
31 Mar 2012, 13:22
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT
Replies: 9
Views: 11585

Re: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT

Update:

PartitionGuru found the partition table:
http://i39.tinypic.com/z26gh.jpg

However, before it will let me do anything with it, it's asking me to pay heaps of money!

The only problem is, I am a student and I cannot afford to pay for the license. is there any way to extract the details ...
by terramonkey
31 Mar 2012, 12:04
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: RAID5 Partition Recovery
Replies: 4
Views: 6753

Re: RAID5 Partition Recovery

The Disk is listed as basic. Should I convert to GPT? Then will it work?

How did you get on with this? I'm having similar problems on my external raid 5 array so would be very interested to know if converting to GPT worked... Mine was already GPT but then after getting a virus it just appears as ...
by terramonkey
31 Mar 2012, 01:06
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT
Replies: 9
Views: 11585

Re: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT

Do you know exactly, how your disk were peviously partitionned?
Did you have more partitions on your disk?

It was one partition across the entire array, using GPT.


Can you upload a screenshot from your current partition structur (partition table also?

I am currently using an application ...
by terramonkey
30 Mar 2012, 20:06
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT
Replies: 9
Views: 11585

Re: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT

Thankyou for your reply.. when you say "convert it" what do you mean? Do I do that using windows disk management or something else?

I'm worried about doing anything destructive to the disk, as it has all my college work on it!

Sorry, Just being extra cautious!

;-)
by terramonkey
28 Mar 2012, 12:58
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: External Raid 5 corrupted GPT
Replies: 9
Views: 11585

External Raid 5 corrupted GPT

I'm really hoping someone can help me out here.

Two days ago I discovered a virus on my system and tried to remove it. Yesterday I noticed that my external raid 5 drive appears as "raw" in disk management :
http://i44.tinypic.com/2m31fyv.jpg
and when I try to access the drive through explorer I ...