Hi,
I'm sorry if this issue has been up - I've tried to look for the same problem in this forum (but my english isn't the best)
I had all my life/memories in my 4 TB Expansion portable drive (Seagate).
When I had it plugged in I was about to restore a Windows 8.1 I created a partion to the portable drive.
Now it's says "local drive" and it has like a total space of 31.9 GB instead of 4 TB. Half of the data space is used (15.6 GB).
Can I recover my 2 TB of data?
I have no idea what to do and when I posted it in another forum someone pointed me here. I downloaded the TestDisk and I tryed to guess what to do - but relized I would f*ck it up more if I did something without having a clue about it.
Would anyone help me or at least give me a point in the right direction?
Best regards
By mistake I made a partion over a portable drive
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Re: By mistake I made a partion over a portable drive
Run TestDisk 7.1-WIP, Analayze, Quick Search, Stop, Deeper Search, Stop.
If TestDisk list your 4 TB partition, set it as P(rimary) or *(bootable), on next screen, choose Write, confirm, Quit.
If TestDisk list your 4 TB partition, set it as P(rimary) or *(bootable), on next screen, choose Write, confirm, Quit.
Re: By mistake I made a partion over a portable drive
Thank you for the answer
In my frustration I went in a couple of days ago in the disk manager and deleted the "new" partition.
When I did what you said in the first search only the "local disc partition" got up. I selected it as deleted.
After a deeper serach it showed nothing.
Can I add a partition to my external hard drive or Do I have to start evacuate the data?
In my frustration I went in a couple of days ago in the disk manager and deleted the "new" partition.
When I did what you said in the first search only the "local disc partition" got up. I selected it as deleted.
After a deeper serach it showed nothing.
Can I add a partition to my external hard drive or Do I have to start evacuate the data?
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Re: By mistake I made a partion over a portable drive
If your partition isn't found by TestDisk, you can always try PhotoRec but you need enough space on another disk to store the recovered data.
https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf lists some methods to sort the recovered files.
https://www.cgsecurity.org/testdisk.pdf lists some methods to sort the recovered files.