Sticky: DiskPatch Tutorials

[Tom]

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 RAID5

In 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.htm
Creating the support analysis log and requesting support : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_supportanalysis.htm
Repair or rebuild a partition table : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_ptrepair.htm
Repair or rebuild a NTFS boot sector : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_ntfsbsrepair.htm
Repair or rebuild a FAT boot sector : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_fatbsrepair.htm
Run a disk surface scan : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_surfacescan.htm
Wipe or low-level format a disk or partition : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_wipe.htm
Clone a disk for recovery purposes : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_clone.htm
How to use the Disk editor : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_diskeditor.htm
Create or Restore partition state backups : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_backup.htm
Set partition attributes : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_partattr.htm
Refresh the MBR boot code : http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/guide_mbrrefresh.htm

Find the latest DiskPatch on-line manual at http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/dp_manual/default.htm