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Tool to fix/recover lost partition

The Corinthian · 2012-03-18 09:40:05

I have an external LaCie drive which recently died on me. From what I can make out the issue is almost certainly a lost partition. Question is, can anyone recommend a good (ideally free) utility to either fix this or at least restore the data. If the latter, ideally selectively restore it. Also preferably something which…

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18-03-2012 10:40am

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The Corinthian

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I have an external LaCie drive which recently died on me. From what I can make out the issue is almost certainly a lost partition.

Question is, can anyone recommend a good (ideally free) utility to either fix this or at least restore the data. If the latter, ideally selectively restore it. Also preferably something which has a GUI rather than command-line.

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#2 18-03-2012 11:25am
cookie1977

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Not free but I think still great. Acronis disk director.

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#3 18-03-2012 1:17pm
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TestDisk is a freebie.

Here's a step-by-step guide.

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