Question Drive D just vanished

[Berhen]

Hi everyone,

I have a 2.5'' SATA SSD that I was using on my old laptop, and it had a D drive where all of my important data is kept. Now the laptop had a faulty charging port and I think that short-circuited the motherboard and it just would not turn on anymore. I have taken the SSD out and put it in a new computer, and to my surprise, the local disk D is no longer there. C drive and basically everything else is still intact. Is there any hope to recover the files that were there or are they just gone and I have to accept it? Where I live (a developing country) it's hard to find a professional data recovery specialist or something of the sorts.. if anyone can help me I will try my best to fairly compensate them, I promise. This data is very important to me, I can't afford losing it.... thank you so much in advance!

 

[USAFRet]

In the old system, was the C and D just partitions on the same physical drive?

In the new system, you're not trying to boot from that drive, are you?
Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window int he new PC.

This data is very important to me, I can't afford losing it

This is specifically what a good backup routine is for.
Drive space is cheap, comprehensive backup software is also cheap.

 

[Berhen]

In the old system, was the C and D just partitions on the same physical drive?

In the new system, you're not trying to boot from that drive, are you?
Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window int he new PC.


This is specifically what a good backup routine is for.
Drive space is cheap, comprehensive backup software is also cheap.

First of all, thank you for your reply!

In the old system, was the C and D just partitions on the same physical drive?

In the old system (a Lenovo G45-50 laptop), I only had this one SATA SSD inside (no 2nd HDD/SSD connected), so I think that means the answer is Yes.

In the new system, you're not trying to boot from that drive, are you?
Please show us a screencap of the Disk Management window in the new PC.

Currently, in the new system (MSI PRO B660-A), I have an NVME SSD in M2_1 slot, and the 2.5'' SATA SSD in SATA Port6, both installed in the motherboard. In BIOS, I am selecting the 2.5'' SATA SSD to boot from.

Here is a screenshot of the Disk Management in the new PC.

 

[USAFRet]

The 500GB Disk 1 was the drive from the old system?
The 97.66GB partition was the old "D drive"?

 

[SkyNetRising]

97.66GB of unallocated space on Disk 1.
There might have been a partition before.

Try Minitool Partition Wizard free. Use partition recovery wizard function.

Note - on SSD after TRIM has been run, you'll not be able to recover any data from deleted partitions.

 

[Berhen]

The 500GB Disk 1 was the drive from the old system?
The 97.66GB partition was the old "D drive"?

no, Disk 0 is the one from the old system and the one that had D drive. Right now I am seeing D Drive but it has the C drive contents of the M2_1 SSD (new drive)

 

[Berhen]

97.66GB of unallocated space on Disk 1.
There might have been a partition before.

Try Minitool Partition Wizard free. Use partition recovery wizard function.

Note - on SSD after TRIM has been run, you'll not be able to recover any data from deleted partitions.

I will try. I still do not understand why or how a D drive would just disappear like that. I hate that.

 

[USAFRet]

no, Disk 0 is the one from the old system and the one that had D drive. Right now I am seeing D Drive but it has the C drive contents of the M2_1 SSD (new drive)

Disk 0 is what you're booting from in that pic.
And a 120GB SSD would not have been split into 2 partitions. And it is NOT depicted in that pic.,

 

[SkyNetRising]

no, Disk 0 is the one from the old system and the one that had D drive. Right now I am seeing D Drive but it has the C drive contents of the M2_1 SSD (new drive)

Something doesn't match up.
Can you show screenshot from Device Manger - disk drives and storage controllers sections expanded?

 

[USAFRet]

Specific make/model of both of these drives?

 

[Berhen]

Something doesn't match up.
Can you show screenshot from Device Manger - disk drives and storage controllers sections expanded?

I am booting from the SATA SSD (HS-SSD-E100 128GB), which is Disk 0.

 

[USAFRet]

I am booting from the SATA SSD (HS-SSD-E100 128GB), which is Disk 0.

Right.
And on the 500GB drive, Disk 1....the 2 big partitions used to be C and D.
Now, D and Unallocated (but if allocated would be E)

 

[Berhen]

Right.
And on the 500GB drive, Disk 1....the 2 big partitions used to be C and D.
Now, D and Unallocated (but if allocated would be E)

That's correct. It was allocated and it was E, but I formatted and deleted it. Now I am booting from Disk 0 (SATA SSD), and in the D drive I see C drive content of NVMe SSD (Disk 1)

 

[SkyNetRising]

Ok. 2.5" SSD from old laptop is 128GB Disk 0. Got it.
There are no other data partitions on it (other than 50MB bootloader).
If you had any additional drive in your laptop, then it would be on a different physical device:

another 2.5" SSD,​

M.2 SSD or​

built in EMMC storage or​

SD CARD.​

​

What is model name of your old laptop?

 

[USAFRet]

That's correct. It was allocated and it was E, but I formatted and deleted it. Now I am booting from Disk 0 (SATA SSD), in the D drive I see C drive content of NVMe SSD (Disk 1)

Your data that used to be in the "D drive" is gone gone gone.

 

[Berhen]

Ok. 2.5" SSD from old laptop is 128GB Disk 0. Got it.
There are no other data partitions on it (other than 50MB bootloader).
If you had any additional drive in your laptop, then it would be on a different physical device:

another 2.5" SSD,​

M.2 SSD or​

built in EMMC storage or​

SD CARD.​

​

What is model name of your old laptop?

Lenovo G45-50
EDIT: REALLY? SO COULD BE STORED SOMEWHERE SITLL? THERE IS HOPE?

 

[SkyNetRising]

Lenovo G45-50

It has SD CARD slot.
Check that.

 

[Berhen]

It has SD CARD slot.
Check that.

Unfortunately no, checked on both sides, couldn't find something
edit : also sorry I made a mistake, the exact laptop name is Lenovo G50-45 and exact model is 80E3

 

[SkyNetRising]

Unfortunately no, checked on both sides, couldn't find something
edit : also sorry I made a mistake, the exact laptop name is Lenovo G50-45 and exact model is 80E3

So there was no card in SD CARD slot?

May be some kind of mini USB flash drive?

 

[SkyNetRising]

May be you have DVD drive replaced with HDD caddy and there's another drive inside?

 

[Berhen]

So there was no card in SD CARD slot?

May be some kind of mini USB flash drive?

there's nothing unfortunately, im checking right now, all slots are empty

 

[Berhen]

May be you have DVD drive replaced with HDD caddy and there's another drive inside?

worth looking into that. I will try to find out, as the laptop does not even power on anymore.

 

[Berhen]

OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I FOUND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE RIGHT YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WAIT LET ME TRY TO TAKE A PIC OF IT AND SHOW HERE

 

[Berhen]

Here it is

now i just connect it to my new system, right? MSI Pro B660-A

 

[USAFRet]

500GB 2.5" HDD.

Whether you do or do not get the data from this drive, please please please take this as a wakeup to maintain a good backup routine.