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Answered Format or not format ?!

  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 12:43 PM
     
     
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    Hi,

    OS: WIndows 2003 ENT

    I have a Windows partition that is no longer recognized as active in the system.
    Data is still on, but I can not access ...

    I wonder if creating a new partition WITHOUT FORMAT THE DISK, I recovered my data?

    Thank you.

    Cdt,

     

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  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:39 PM
     
     
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    Why don't you connect the drive to another computer to see if you can retrieve the data? Probably less risk than creating a new partition.

    MVP wannabe. I don't work for Microsoft - I just use their products.

     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:41 PM
     
     
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    Its a LUN (SAN IBM) and i can't connect this partition to anoter server... 

    Create a new partition will format data or not ?

    Thks,


     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:12 PM
     
     
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    Hello Yoann51.

    How is the LUN being presented to the server? If is iSCI or Fibre is it showing as online / healthy and connected via the management tools you use for managing either the iSCSI or Fibre connections?

    If so can you use DISKPart to take the disk offline and bring it back online again?

    Joe

     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:17 PM
     
     
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    THks for information, i will test. 

    BUT :Create a new partition will format data or not ?

    Thks.

     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:19 PM
     
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    You can create a new partition after the existing partition (if you have disk space available) and that won't affect your existing partition with the data on it but if you delete the existing partition and recreate it then yes you would loose your data!! (check you have a good full backup!)

    Joe

     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:22 PM
     
     
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    If i delete the existing partition and i add a new partition, but i don't format the partition... The data on the disque will not erase ?

    Thks.
     
  • Wednesday, January 09, 2013 2:27 PM
     
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    No - if you delete the partition you WILL loose the data!