When confronted with a data recovery situation these 5 golden rules apply (until you know exactly what you're dealing with) :
DO NOT run 'chkdsk' or 'scandisk' or any other partition repair utility
DO NOT use the Windows recovery console commands 'fixmbr' or 'fixboot'
DO NOT attempt to recreate a deleted partition with 'Fdisk' or 'Disk Management'
DO NOT change the contents of the disk or partition that needs to be recovered
DO NOT recreate a failed or broken RAID0 or RAID5In a hurry to get going with DiskPatch? Need an illustrated guide to help you through a repair procedure? Use one of the following guides to help you get underway quickly:
Tutorial start page :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guides_main.htmCreating the support analysis log and requesting support :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_supportanalysis.htmRepair or rebuild a partition table :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_ptrepair.htmRepair or rebuild a NTFS boot sector :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_ntfsbsrepair.htmRepair or rebuild a FAT boot sector :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_fatbsrepair.htmRun a disk surface scan :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_surfacescan.htmWipe or low-level format a disk or partition :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_wipe.htmClone a disk for recovery purposes :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_clone.htmHow to use the Disk editor :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_diskeditor.htmCreate or Restore partition state backups :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_backup.htmSet partition attributes :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_partattr.htmRefresh the MBR boot code :
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_mbrrefresh.htmFind the latest DiskPatch on-line manual at
http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/default.htm