Wednesday, February 24, 2016

hard drive - 3TB partition disappeared by Windows 7

I am wondering if anyone can help me with a problem...



I have a dual-boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 system. I bought a new 3TB HDD as I needed more storage space (the HDD is not used to boot the system). I created a GPT table and a single 3TB NTFS partition on the new HDD using GParted in Ubuntu. I then proceeded to transfer files onto this 3TB HDD in Winodws 7.



Everything was going well until the drive capacity hit 2TB (I think). Then I started having problems copying. After rebooting, I found the partition has disappeared along with all the data. GParted gave me an error message that the partition had been altered to use less than the capacity and asked me if I want to fix it. Even after pressing "Fix" the partition is still gone.



Any one has any suggestions on how I might recover the partition and the data in either Ubuntu or Windows?



Many Thanks

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