DiskPart clean clarification
Posted: 02 Jul 2019, 04:07
Hey folks,
So I run Windows 10 on my SSD and use two HDDs for storage. One of the HDDs recently failed. However, in the process of trying to clean it, I accidentally cleaned my larger main HDD. The disk now appears as uninitialized and empty in the Disk Management setting. If my Googling isn't mistaken, re-initializing the disk with MBR will erase the partition that's currently on it. The partition still appears, both in TestDisk and Active@ Partition Recovery. So, what I'm wondering is this: can TestDisk in-place re-initialize the disk with MBR *and* maintain the partition as it currently (for now) appears? Or do I need to get another drive to offload the partition and then initialize the disk.
Hoping for any advice. Cheers!
So I run Windows 10 on my SSD and use two HDDs for storage. One of the HDDs recently failed. However, in the process of trying to clean it, I accidentally cleaned my larger main HDD. The disk now appears as uninitialized and empty in the Disk Management setting. If my Googling isn't mistaken, re-initializing the disk with MBR will erase the partition that's currently on it. The partition still appears, both in TestDisk and Active@ Partition Recovery. So, what I'm wondering is this: can TestDisk in-place re-initialize the disk with MBR *and* maintain the partition as it currently (for now) appears? Or do I need to get another drive to offload the partition and then initialize the disk.
Hoping for any advice. Cheers!