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Recover lost NTFS partitions

NTFS file system is one of most complex and successful existing file system at present. It is proprietary to Microsoft, and is supported in Windows XP, Vista, 2003, 2000 & NT. It supports file-level security, compression, auditing, large volumes and powerful storage solution such as RAID.

In Windows, we generally divide the hard drive into several partitions. The advantages of having multiple partitions on a hard drive include:

Installing multiple Operating System on different partitions on a single computer (for e.g. dual boot system)
It is useful if any hardware and software compatible with a particular OS.
Increase in overall performance of the computer (preferable if the drive has smaller partitions)
Easy data management.

Mostly partitions are deleted accidentally by the user. It can also happen that a partition is lost due to virus attack, hard drive crash, power surge and file system corruption.

Is lost NTFS partition recoverable?

Yes, the lost NTFS partition can be recovered along with the crucial data, provided if it is not overwritten. Lost partitions can be easily recovered using data recovery software.

EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard is designed to recover data from NTFS, NTFS5 and FAT drives. It effectively performs missing / lost Partition Recovery, deleted partition recovery, deleted file recovery, re-formatted drive recovery and formatted partition recovery.

Care to be taken after partition lost for successful data recovery

Do not write anything to the drive containing lost partitions.
Do not try to re-create or repair lost partitions
Do not run any disk utilities such as chkdsk or any defrag utility
Do not format the drive or re-partition it.

If the partition containing the OS is lost, remove the hard drive from the computer and connect it as a secondary drive and test run EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard to recover the lost partition. On the other hand if any partition containing the data is lost, you can install the software on any other existing partition and perform the recovery.

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