Partition Is Missing in Windows 10? Easily Recover It!

If the partition is missing in Windows 10, this tutorial introduces the best ways to recover missing partitions easily.

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By Lora / Updated on November 29, 2022

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Is it possible to recover missing partitions?

“I have windows 8 64 bit on my dell. When I started system recovery everything was fine but when I checked my 1 hard drive partition was missing I saw in the disk manager it was there without any label. It was named (Healthy) primary partition. There was still 150 GB on it what should I do ??”

Generally, the hard drive is logically divided into several parts, which are called partitions. Although the partition is convenient for users to store system and personal data separately, sometimes, it will get inaccessible or not show up due to corruption, accidental deletion, or other unknown reasons.

The operating system erases its information from the partition table when a partition gets lost. You need to open Disk Management to check the status of the missing partition first. If the missing partition is marked with an asterisk, Unallocated, or RAW, the partition recovery can be fulfilled with methods,. Time matters. You need to perform partition recovery as soon as possible.

Why is your partition missing in Windows 10?

What causes a lost partition? Before trying to recover the missing partition in Windows 10, it is important to find out the reasons for avoiding partition loss in the future. Windows 10 partitions might miss for a variety of reasons. Usually, the following factors can cause missing partitions.

  • Users’ improper operation
  • Partition table corruption
  • Loss of the volume label, drive letter, or partition name
  • Bad sectors or tracks
  • Unexpectable Power failure
  • Virus attacks and malware
  • Repartition hard drive
  • Incompatible file system
★Tips to restore the missing partition in Windows 10 successfully
Perform partition recovery as soon as possible after it has been missing. Because it will become unrecoverable once your lost files are overwritten or covered by new data.
 Do not make any new operations on the hard disk.
 Do not create a new partition on the unallocated space in Disk Management.
 Do not rebuild the partition table.
 Do not reformat the hard disk.

The top two ways for Windows 10 missing partition recovery

If your partition is missing in Windows 10, all the data in the partition will be deleted as well. There are two methods you can try to recover the missing partitions in Windows 10. Using reliable partition recovery software, like AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard, is certainly the easiest one.

Method 1: Recover missing partitions with professional partition recovery software

If the partition is missing, a professional partition recovery tool can rescue your partition and data. AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard, one of the built-in features of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, is created to recover deleted, lost, or missing partitions including FAT, NTFS, Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 for Windows 11,10, 8, 7, and Vista.

ஐஐ Main features of AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional:

A versatile disk management tool helps you to manage disk partitions with no effort. With stunning features, AOMEI Partition Assistant gains a lot of reputation from more and more computer users.
► Disk partition manager: resize partitions, move partitions, merge partitions, split partitions, format partitions, allocate free space, create partitions, align partitions, dynamic volume management, migrate OS to SSD or HHD, etc.
► Converter & wizards: convert MBR to GPT, convert dynamic to basic disk, convert NTFS to FAT32, convert primary to a logical partition, partition recovery, disk clone, APP mover, Windows to Go creator, etc.
To recover missing partitions in Windows 10, you can download the demo version below first.

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Step 1: Install and open AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Choose Partition Recovery Wizard on the left panel and select the disk including the missing partition. Click on “Next”.

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Step 2: Select a search mode. It is recommended to select Fast Search the first time because it saves more time than Full Search. If it fails to find the missing partition, you can try Full Search again. Then, click on “Next”.

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Step 3: The list of all missing or deleted partitions will be displayed. You can select the one you want to recover.

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Step 4: After the partition recovery process completes, click “Finish” to exit after the message “congratulations” shows.

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Then you can open Windows File Explorer to check whether the missing partition is visible and accessible. If the data in the missing partition hasn’t been covered or overwritten by new data, files and folders will be restored together with the partition. 

Method 2: Assign a drive letter to the missing partition via Command Prompt

Sometimes, the partition is not missing but invisible due to lacking a drive letter. In Disk Management, the missing partition will be marked with an asterisk. Through reassigning a drive letter to the missing partition by CMD, the missing partition will become visible again in Windows File Explorer. In addition, this method requires users are familiar with the Command-Line operation. 

Step 1: Press “Win + R” and type “diskmgmt.msc” in the Run window to open Disk Management to find the missing partition. (If a partition is missing, the volume will be marked as Unallocated or with an asterisk. Remember the partition size.)

Step 2: Press “Win + R” and type “CMD” to Run CMD as administrator.

Step 3: Type "diskpart" in the CMD window and hit Enter.

Step 4: Type "list disk" and hit Enter. All disks in the computer will be on the list.

Step 5: Type "select disk # " and hit Enter (Replace # with the number of the hard disk that contains the missing partition).

Step 6: Type "list volume" and hit Enter. All volumes on the disk will be displayed.

Step 7: Type "select volume #" and hit Enter (replace # with the number of the missing partition).

Step 8: Type "assign letter=#" and hit Enter (Replace # with an available drive letter, from C to Z).

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More FAQs about partition recovery

Bottom line

Partition recovery isn’t too difficult to perform if you choose the right method. Lacking a drive letter and accidental deletion are the most common reasons causing partition missing. Besides, if your partition is missing due to other unknown reasons, AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard would be your best choice to recover the missing partition.

Lora
Lora · Editor
Lora is an editor of AOMEI Technology. She is also a tester and editor of AOMEI Data Recovery Tools. -- "Keep testing, write the most useful tutorials for helping people recover the lost data for Windows and phones" is the most meaningful thing for her. Dedicated to creating helpful tutorials, she hopes her tutorial can assist users to effortlessly solve data loss problems on their personal computers and mobile phones.