cant see one partition in external HDD

[br945]

I have recently taken a new PC with win 8.1.

My old PC had win xp.

My old HDD had two partitions C: and D:.

Now when accessing the old HDD as an external disk, I can find the first partition C: but in place of partition D: , it does not show at all and size shown is 0. ( 0 used and 0 available)

the files and folders are obviously not seen too.
what can be wrong and how do i access this partition again.
request someone with specific advice to inform me how to resolve this.



thanks.

 

[i7Baby]

Is this from viewing it imn Disk management?

Post the Disk Management screenshot

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there br945,

In my view, the first thing you need to do is to just back up the most important data on your C: partition.
After that, you can go to Disk Management,as just i7Baby, already suggested and see how the drive appears over there. My guess would be that you will need to use some partition recovery tool in order to access the data stored on it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[br945]

Is this from viewing it imn Disk management?

Post the Disk Management screenshot

 

[br945]

Is this from viewing it imn Disk management?

Post the Disk Management screenshot

sorry i did not understand at first.
here is the disk management screenshot.
thank you very much for your effort.

 

[i7Baby]

So - what's missing?

 

[br945]

So - what's missing?

kindly see against I: in the disk management screenshsot.
It says capacity and free space both as same. in fact the second partition (now I:) is practically 70-80% occupied.
kindly see the previous image which shows used space and free space both as zero.
pl see the message i got on double-clicking I:

 

[i7Baby]

I: shows 42gb with 42gb free. I can see the partition in Disk Management. Its a healthy partition with no data in it.

Can't you see it in Windows Explorer?

 

[br945]

I: shows 42gb with 42gb free. I can see the partition in Disk Management. Its a healthy partition with no data in it.

Can't you see it in Windows Explorer?

no sir, please see other screen shots and my comments.
that partition is about 70-80% full, not 100% free.

by the way, i just tried to check with Recuva software and it shows very many files which are recoverable. Just wonder how the software is able to access the files.

ideally, i would like to see the entire partition as it was with all folders etc. as the files were categorised into folders.

thank you for your patience.

thanks.

p.s. please see windows explorer in previous comment where there is blank against I: in total size as well as free space.

 

[i7Baby]

I'm looking at the Disk Management screenshot. It just needs formatting top show up.