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Originally Posted by lumberjim
The partition disappeared after i ran MBRFix.
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Which is why good diagnostic procedure says fix nothing. First collect all facts. That is what diagnostic are for. And that was the caution I strongly posted in an earliest post.
Fixmbr should not destroy any partition. Fact that the partition was harmed implies other problems exist. Hopefully Spinrite will identify what that problem is without trashing temporarily lost data.
Why do we fix things? #1 is always to learn. I am sure this has been a wonderful (and roller coaster) learning experience. But that is the #1 reason for fixing things - to learn what they mean in CSI by 'follow the evidence'.
If you do get it up, then go to the system (event) logs to discover any problem that Windows has seen long ago – and worked around. That is what those system logs are for. To record temporary problems yesterday so that you can fix them today – long before they become major failures tomorrow.