{"id":3107,"date":"2019-01-25T08:09:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T08:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/?p=3107"},"modified":"2022-12-06T08:04:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T08:04:13","slug":"ntfs-partition-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/ntfs-partition-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"NTFS Partition Recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This guide talks about NTFS partition recovery and shows how to recover formatted NTFS partition and perform lost NTFS partition recovery with the help of partition recovery software in Windows 11\/10\/8\/7\/XP. Want to recover from NTFS partition? Finish reading this guide, and you\u2019ll be able to effectively deal with partition recovery issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is NTFS Partition Recovery?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NTFS\n(New Technology File System) is a type of file system and it was initially\nintroduced by Microsoft in 1993 with the release of Windows NT3.1. Now NTFS has\nbecome the primary file system used in most Windows systems. Volumes on hard\ndrives and external hard drives are formatted as NTFS by default if you\npartition the disk in Windows. Disks with NTFS partition improves security and\nstability for data storage and brings about great convenience. However, no disk\ncan survive from data loss issue. NTFS partition may get lost, deleted,\nformatted or damaged, and files on the disk may get lost due to deletion,\nvirus, bad sectors, etc. Here is one of the NTFS data loss issues you may\nencounter: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;These days, one of my WD external hard drive malfunctioned for no reason. I cannot open it and files on the drive are not accessible. I\u2019ve tried connecting it on different machines via internally and USB. The partition just cannot be accessed and shows as RAW in Disk Management. Windows is able to recognize it. Files are on the drive, as I haven\u2019t formatted it yet. I\u2019ve tried two recovery tools and it takes too long to scan the disk. The disk is 500GB, but the scanning has taken around 30 hours. Do you have any better solution to retrieve data from the drive quickly? The drive was formatted in NTFS file system before it got corrupted.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately,\nNTFS data recovery is available in most cases and it is quite easy to restore\nall data from NTFS drive as long as lost files or partitions are not\noverwritten. NTFS partition recovery software is designed to retrieve lost data\nfrom NTFS drives as well as restore deleted partitions or restore partition\ntable. We\u2019ve learned that deleted data is recoverable before it gets\noverwritten, which is also true of deleted partition. Thus, you should make\nsure there is not any writing action to the disk once data loss issue appears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partition Recovery Software Free Download Full Version<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/\">DiskGenius<\/a> is top-ranking data recovery\nsoftware which can help you recover lost files or partitions efficiently. It is\nable to deal with data loss issue caused by deletion, formatting, partition\ncorruption, disk damage, system crash, virus, bad sector, disk repartitioning,\netc. It supports data recovery from NTFS, exFAT, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3 and EXT4\npartitions. Here are features on partition recovery:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lost partition recovery: partition may get lost due to various causes such as deletion, disk partitioning, system restore, partition table corruption. DiskGenius can search for lost volumes together with files in the partition so that they can be restored directly.<\/li><li>Recover formatted\/RAW partition: Recover files and folders from partition which is formatted, accessible, corrupted, RAW or unformatted.  In some cases, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/raw-partition-recovery.php\">RAW drive recovery<\/a> by using the function Load Partition Intelligently.  <\/li><li>Recover deleted files: DiskGenius enables you to recover deleted files from partition or recover lost data from deleted partition.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/linux-partition-recovery\/\">EXT4 partition recovery<\/a>: restore lost EXT4\/3\/2 Linux partition or retrieve deleted\/formatted files from EXT4 drives.<\/li><li>Supported device: hard drive, external HDD, SSD, USB flash drive, SD card, pen drive, virtual disk, RAID, memory card, etc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guide #1: Recover Formatted NTFS Partition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, we\u2019ll show you how to recover lost files from formatted NTFS partition using DiskGenius. This guide can also be used to retrieve data from corrupted, RAW or unformatted drives. One thing should be noted that the partition to be recovered should not be written any data before all files are successfully recovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Install and launch\nDiskGenius from your computer. Then you can view the NTFS partition where lost\nfiles were stored. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If\nyour computer cannot boot to Windows, you can perform partition recover with\nDiskGenisu WinPE Edition. This application supports create WinPE-based bootable\nUSB disk with which you can boot computer to DiskGenius WinPE edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Right-click on the NTFS partition from which you want to recover data and choose &#8220;<strong>Recover Lost Files&#8221;<\/strong> option. This opens Recover Files window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-01.png\" alt=\"NTFS partition recovery\" class=\"wp-image-3081\" width=\"899\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-01.png 899w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-01-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-01-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-01-385x300.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Select Complete\nRecovery and Search For Known File Type, and click Start button. The DiskGenius\nstarts to search for lost files from the partition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-02.png\" alt=\"NTFS partition recovery\" class=\"wp-image-3082\" width=\"899\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-02.png 899w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-02-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-02-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-02-385x300.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Preview and recover data. Once your files are listed, you can preview files to find out want you need and then copy them to a different partition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-04.png\" alt=\"NTFS partition recovery\" class=\"wp-image-3084\" width=\"550\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-04.png 550w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-04-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-04-356x300.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guide #2: Lost NTFS Partition Recovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hard\ndrives or external hard drive might be divided into several partitions so that files\ncan be stored in separated sections. Likewise files, partitions on the disk can\nalso get lost, for example, you may delete a volume by mistake, a disk get\nrepartitioned, partition table gets corrupted, etc. In this case, you may need\nto recover data from deleted partition, restore partition table or get back lost\npartitions. Now, we\u2019ll show you how to recover lost or deleted partitions and\nrestore them to partition table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1<\/strong>: Connect the disk\nfrom which you want to recover lost NTFS partitions, and launch DiskGenius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If partitions\non the disk have been deleted, you can see unallocated disk space in\nDiskGenius. If you repartitioned the disk, then current partitions are displayed\nin the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2<\/strong>: Select the disk or unallocated disk space in DiskGenius and click <strong>Partition Recovery<\/strong> button. This open partition recovery window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-05.png\" alt=\"NTFS partition recovery\" class=\"wp-image-3085\" width=\"898\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-05.png 898w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-05-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-05-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-05-385x300.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3<\/strong>: Set searching\nrange and click <strong>Start<\/strong> button. Then\nDiskGenius starts to look for lost partitions. During scanning, you need to\nchoose Reserve button when DiskGenius finds out a partition you want to restore;\notherwise click Ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-06.png\" alt=\"NTFS partition recovery\" class=\"wp-image-3086\" width=\"898\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-06.png 898w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-06-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-06-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/hard-drive-recovery-06-385x300.png 385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4<\/strong>: Save lost partition to partition table by clicking Save All button. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guide #3: Video tutorial on lost partition recovery:  How to Recover Deleted Or Lost EXT4 &amp; NTFS Partitions? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lost Partition Recovery \u2013 Recover Deleted or Lost EXT4 &amp; NTFS Partitions\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zikDYDgcwgc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve shown you how to do NTFS partition recovery, including recover lost files from formatted NTFS drive and restore lost NTFS volumes. You can easily get back lost data from damaged, formatted or lost NTFS partitions with the help of DiskGenius. Apart from data recovery, DiskGenius can also help you resize partition, extend C drive, format partition, check bad sectors, etc. Should you need any help regarding NTFS partition recovery, please feel free to contact us. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This guide talks about NTFS partition recovery and shows how to recover formatted NTFS partition and perform lost NTFS partition recovery with the help of partition recovery software in Windows 11\/10\/8\/7\/XP. Want to recover from NTFS partition? 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