Whether you're doing a fresh installation of Windows 7 or formating your hard drive to reinstall Windows XP from scratch, a separate data partition comes in handy.

Corrupted or Damaged Data The computer may not recognize the second partition because files necessary to access the partition, including the Master Boot Record or Partition Table, are corrupted.

How to fix a GPT protective partition without losing data and regain access to it? In this article, EaseUS Software explains what this means and offers two ways to repair a GPT protective partition.

Leo knows that data is safer if you don't keep it on the same partition as Windows and your programs. Last week I explained fixing this in XP; now I'll tackle Vista.

Well, I was actually able to copy stuff off the drive using the TestDisk software, even though a recognizable partition doesn't show up for Windows. So I am making progress.

How do I copy files from a failing HDD? I have windows 7 and a 3tb disk drive that's been split so if I boot off my replacement drive the last 1tb partition doesn't show up.