Although recovering an entire partition is challenging, there are some measures we can take. This guide offers useful solutions for undelete NTFS partition without losing data.
Hi guys, I am using Windows 10 with 3 NTFS partitions. Everything was fine until I messed up in Disk Management and deleted one of them. Is there any way to undelete the NTFS partition?
- Question from Windows10 forum
During the use of hard drives, users might fall into some problems like partition loss, inadvertent formatting, computer crashes, etc., especially partition loss, users are prone to having their partitions deleted accidentally.
This is not a rare thing, no matter what file systems (e.g., “NTFS”, “ReFS”, etc.) you use. You might also need to recover ext4 partitions after accidental deletion. The same is to an NTFS partition.
Actually, it is difficult for users to get deleted partitions back on their own. After deletion, you will find an unallocated space in Disk Management. We will guide you to perform unallocated partition recovery. For time and labor’s sake, utilizing a professional NTFS partition recovery software is much wiser.
We had better take some action prior to the partition rescue. That is, stop using the affected drive right after the deletion. Here, by mentioning “us”, we are referring to:
Now, with everything ready, let’s start to undelete NTFS partition.
AOMEI Partition Assistant is a versatile and capable tool that can help you. Developed by the leading enterprise in the data rescue industry, it is equipped with a bunch of awesome features.
Now download the app and start to undelete NTFS partitions without difficulties.
Step 1. Run AOMEI Partition Assistant after installing. Click Recover > Partition Recovery, and select the affected drive.
Step 2. Choose a search method to scan for lost partitions. Try “Fast Search” first; if it fails, try “Full Search”.
Step 3. All the deleted or lost partitions found will be listed. Select the deleted NTFS partition you need to recover and click “Proceed”.
In addition, partitions with missing drive letters are not displayed. You can run CMD commands to assign a drive letter for this NTFS drive.
Step 1. Enter “cmd” in the search bar and select the “Run as Administrator” option. In the Command Prompt window, type “diskpart” and press “Enter”.
Step 2. Type “list disk” and press “Enter”. Then you can see all the partitions on the computer.
Step 3. Type “select disk X” and press “Enter” (X means the number of the hard drive, including the lost partition).
Step 4. Type “list volume” and press “Enter”.
Step 5. Type “select volume Y” and press “Enter” (Y means the number of the lost partition).
Step 6. Type “assign letter Z” and press “Enter” (Z means a drive letter that can be used).
If you are highly concerned about the data itself, you may try recovering it from the lost partition first. The sooner the better.
AOMEI FastRecovery, supported by AOMEI Tech, a highly praised data recovery tool, is good at recovering deleted and missing files from unallocated partitions, healthy or damaged hard drives or SSDs, external drives, etc.
Step 1. After running AOMEI FastRecovery on your Windows. Hover the mouse over the unallocated hard drive, and click Scan.
Step 2. It will perform a Deep Scan automatically and display all the deleted or lost data. Under the Type section, check all the data types for complete recovery.
Step 3. Select the desired files and click on the Recover button to recover data from unallocated hard drive. Please select a new location to store your recovered files if you don't want to lose them forever.
Restoring files to the original location may overwrite deleted or lost data.
AOMEI FastRecovery enables you to recover 500MB of files for free. For unlimited data recovery, please upgrade to the advanced edition.
This article helps undelete NTFS partition in Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, etc., in 3 two useful methods. Try professional partition recovery software - AOMEI Partition Assistant to scan the hard drive for the lost partition and data in it. For the missing drive letter, try to assign a new drive letter using CMD.
If you are highly concerned about data, try to recover deleted files first - the sooner, the better. AOMEI FastRecovery is the best data recovery software for unallocated partition that features a user-friendly interface, two advanced scanning methods, complete features, etc., making data recovery easy and efficient.