"There is no volume associated with this partition"

Halogenes -  
fabul Posted messages 42207 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   -
Hello everyone,

I'm posting a message because I'm having a hard drive problem that I can't seem to resolve.

Let me explain: I recently noticed that one of my two hard drives was no longer being displayed by my computer. I opened my computer and found the source of the problem: the SATA cable had broken at the hard drive connection. I replaced the cable, but I'm still unable to get my hard drive to show up.

It seems to be correctly detected by the computer since I can find it in the "Disk Management" tool in Windows. It has a single partition listed as "Healthy (Active, Primary Partition)". However, I cannot find it anywhere else. All possible actions are grayed out except for "Delete Volume" and "Help".

Using the diskpart tool, I was also able to display this partition, but the tool indicates that no volume is associated with this partition.

Note: I managed to display my data with recovery software, so I assume everything is still there, but I don't know what to do.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Here are the details displayed by diskpart:

Code:

DISKPART> detail disk

Crucial_CT480M500SSD1 ATA Device
Disk ID*: B1FE7926
Type*: ATA
Status*: Online
Path*: 1
Target*: 1
LUN ID: 0
Location Path: ACPI(_SB_)#ACPI(PCI0)#ACPI(SAT0)#ACPI(CHN1)#ATA(C01T01L00)
Current Read-Only State*: No
Read-Only*: No
Boot Disk*: No
Paging File Disk*: No
Hibernate File Disk*: No
Crash Dump Disk*: No
Clustered Disk: No

There are no volumes.

DISKPART> list partition

Partition No Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- --------
Partition 1 Primary 447 G 1024 K

DISKPART> select partition 1

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> detail partition

Partition 1
Type: 83
Hidden: Yes
Active: Yes
Offset in bytes: 1048576

There is no volume associated with this partition.
Thanks in advance!

8 answers

  1. fabul Posted messages 42207 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 074
     
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    1. Halogenes
       
      Indeed, the software perfectly locates my documents. But since these documents seem easily accessible, isn't there an option to make this partition visible again?
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      1. fabul Posted messages 42207 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 074 > Halogenes
         
        I thought it was software for recovering partitions, not data from partitions.

        There is Active@ Partition Recovery that can do it, but it is paid.

        Otherwise, you could recover data from another disk and use third-party programs like Active@ KillDisk Freeware to wipe the disk clean, and another partitioning program to create a Logical partition (See in advanced options) and NTFS like AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard.
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      2. Halogenes > fabul Posted messages 42207 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention  
         
        Indeed, that's what I was thinking. If I don't succeed, I will end up doing that. But it amazes me because the cause of the disk's disappearance was simply a broken cable; I don't see why it would have deleted my data.. ?
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      3. fabul Posted messages 42207 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   6 074 > Halogenes
         
        What amazes me is how a cable could break 8|
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