[0.01BTC bounty] Unable to access a partition of HDD . Help needed.

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Quote from: stingers on June 14, 2016, 12:14:07 PM

I solved the issue myself. I just reinstalled the windows and everything became fine.
Stil to appreciate everyone's initiatives and help, ill send you 0.001BTC each. Please PM me your addresses. I am locking this thread

didnt know reinstalling of the operating system would fix the problem i guess its a lucky fix Wink

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Quote from: stingers on June 14, 2016, 12:14:07 PM

I solved the issue myself. I just reinstalled the windows and everything became fine.
Stil to appreciate everyone's initiatives and help, ill send you 0.001BTC each. Please PM me your addresses. I am locking this thread

I'm happy that you solved that issue. I tried to contribute as much as I could with my knowledge that i have. My address is always on my profile but I have also sent you a PM now, I appreciate it. P.S When you reinstalled windows you sat a drive letter to that partition or it was visible after accessing My Computer after reinstall? Edit: Received 0.001BTC

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thank you!

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Only freedoge.co and Accountbr sent me their btc addresses so I have sent 0.001BTC to both of them.
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I solved the issue myself. I just reinstalled the windows and everything became fine.
Stil to appreciate everyone's initiatives and help, ill send you 0.001BTC each. Please PM me your addresses. I am locking this thread

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Quote from: stingers on June 14, 2016, 12:00:06 PM

Quote from: freedoge.co on June 14, 2016, 11:50:04 AM

go for live linux distro and access & fix the partition from there. Firstly try only to change the A letter to something else like, f,g,h,...A was a really bad choice Wink

Can you just gimme a how to link for using a Linux dist to repair it? And it doesn't let me Change it. I guess the issue is arising cuz "A" is default for floppy drive.

For other : I have already tried your ways, they are not working, the disk management and cmd tool shows that the partition is inaccessible or cannot be found.

try this tool, instructions how to install it are there
http://www.system-rescue-cd.org/Download

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SystemRescueCD is a Linux-based package for troubleshooting Linux and Windows systems. The disc contains antivirus, malware removal, and rootkit removal tools as well as tools to help manage or repair partitions, recover your data, back up your data or clone your drives. SystemRescueCD supports ext2/ext3/ext4, reiserfs, btrfs, xfs, jfs, vfat, and ntfs file systems, as well as network file systems like samba and nfs. It also comes with network troubleshooting, file editing and bootloader restoration tools.

SystemRescueCD is available for download as an ISO file so you can burn it to a CD or use it to create a bootable USB drive.

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Quote from: freedoge.co on June 14, 2016, 11:50:04 AM

go for live linux distro and access & fix the partition from there. Firstly try only to change the A letter to something else like, f,g,h,...A was a really bad choice Wink

Can you just gimme a how to link for using a Linux dist to repair it? And it doesn't let me Change it. I guess the issue is arising cuz "A" is default for floppy drive.

For other : I have already tried your ways, they are not working, the disk management and cmd tool shows that the partition is inaccessible or cannot be found.

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Right-click the similar partition, then choose “Change Drive Letters and Paths” (can help add, change, and remove drive letter), and click Add and ok button.
After that, assign a new drive letter for this partition

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Try assigning another drive letter for it under Disk Management

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Quote from: stingers on June 14, 2016, 11:48:08 AM

So I shrinked the volume of existing partition and then using the free space available made a new partition and gave the drive letter to it as "A" . After restarting pc "A" has completely disappeared. Disk management shows that there is partition(with same space as with which I created "A") , but now disk management shows blank name for it. It doesn't let me modify the drive letter, doesn't let me delete the space, doesn't let me do anything with the "A" drive.
Its not even showing up in explorer. How do I get it back?
Ill pay 0.01BTC to the person who solves it.

Are you able to access the "A" partition through command promt?
Try this if you can delete that partition.

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Open Command Prompt.

Type:

diskpart

At the DISKPART prompt, type:

list disk

Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete the partition.

At the DISKPART prompt, type:

select diskn

Select the disk n from which you want to delete the partition.

At the DISKPART prompt, type:

list partition

Make note of the number of the partition that you want to delete.

At the DISKPART prompt, type:

select partitionn

Select the partition n that you want to delete.

At the DISKPART prompt, type:

delete partition

Also try this: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1822419/hard-drive-partition-showing-windows.html

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go for live linux distro and access & fix the partition from there. Firstly try only to change the A letter to something else like, f,g,h,...A was a really bad choice Wink

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So I shrinked the volume of existing partition and then using the free space available made a new partition and gave the drive letter to it as "A" . After restarting pc "A" has completely disappeared. Disk management shows that there is partition(with same space as with which I created "A") , but now disk management shows blank name for it. It doesn't let me modify the drive letter, doesn't let me delete the space, doesn't let me do anything with the "A" drive.
Its not even showing up in explorer. How do I get it back?
Ill pay 0.01BTC to the person who solves it.

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