Multiple Partitions on a Single Spindle

[JerryWThompson]

I am running Windows XP with all patches thru Mid May'09. The operating system ("C") was on a MAX120 (a 20GB partition) I also have a _Single_ WD300 unit that has/had Drives/Partitions "D" thru "W" for a total of 20 "Drive Letters" plus 3(three) other areas all under a single extended partition. (Head shake) This unit is is failing I have been able to Zip off all the partitions except one -- OF COURSE that's the one I need to recover. Both XP's disk management and Partition Magic 8.01 report the partition that I'm relatively sure is my drive/partition "V" as being ""healthy"" but with NO Label and NO data

I have move the system "C" to a new WD160 (32GB partition) and the other drives/partitions to a new WD500 (drives "D" thru "U" and "W")

How do I proceed to recover my drive partition "V" with minimal spin time on the old/failing drive/spindle unit

Thanks for ANY Help and Insight !!!!
Jerry W Thompson
JerryWThompson@CompuServe.Com
Ft. Worth, TX

[GDH]

Hi,

If it is failing, then it would be best to take a sector copy image of the drive asap. Then you will be able to attempt data recover on the image file.

Locate and download the free forensic imager from Access Data's Forensic Tool Kit.

Let us know if you were able to take the image.