Help with Hard Disk Partition recovery...

[SPK]

I have a 200 GB hard disk here, split into 3 partitions...

A few minutes ago, it gave an error saying 2 of the 3 partitions have been corrupted, upon checking, the drives are detected using the RAW format, instead of NTFS.

Is there any program(s) that you all can recommend for me to fix this problem ASAP? I need the data on these drives back by Monday, if it is possible at all....

[Spazosaurus]

If you have another machine available, just plug it in as slave and boot Windows. Before windows even finished booting, it will run a checkdisk which more than likely will fix the problem. Your problem has happened to me maaaaaannnnyyyy times and this method fixed it every time. I'm not sure if there is a way to run chkdsk in dos mode i ave never researched it.

[SPK]

Well it is a slave drive already, so the system is fully operational.

Trying the chkdsk gives an error stating that it is unable to determine the volume version and state.

[Spazosaurus]

Wow i have never encountered that message before. It must really be screwed up. I know of a data recovery program that works pretty well... I'll find out the name and check back.

Ok Check here
This worked for me one time when a partition was screwed up beyond check disk control.

[SPK]

Thanks