Recover Data from Deleted Partition Windows Server

Question: I accidentally deleted a partition in Windows Server 2008 using the disk management tools. That partition is full of works from the last 2 years. Is there any way I can recover the data? The space left by the deleted partition is still unallocated at the moment. How can I recover data from deleted partition (in) Windows Server? Do I need to create the partition prior to data recovery?

Partition lost or partition deletion may occur just like the upper question. This will drive users crazy especially when there are some important files in the lost partition. The first priority is to recover data from the lost partition firstly. Overwriting is forbidden here. In most cases, recovery is impossible if the data needed to be recovered is overwritten. A kind of deleted data recovery software is reliable to recover data from the deleted partition.

MiniTool Power Data Recovery is one of the best data recovery software. It offers five modules: Undelete Recovery, CD/DVD Recovery, Digital Media Recovery, Lost Partition Recovery, and Damaged Partition Recovery. Among these modules, Lost Partition Recovery is designed to recover data after partition loss or deletion. Obviously, users can use module “Lost Partition Recovery” to solve this problem.

We suggest users to scan the deleted partition first by using MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition V7.0 (Download Now) to check the existing of deleted data. If they can be scanned, users can purchase MiniTool Power Data Recovery Commercial License which can be used by Windows Server to save them secondly.

How to Recover Data from Deleted Partition in Windows Server

Take partition I as an example. In Windows Server, partition I is deleted by mistake and all files in it is disappeared. Now, the owner wants to recover data in it.

Step 1. Users should run MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition V7.0, enter the main interface as blew, and then click module “Lost Partition Recovery” to continue.

Step 2. Users will get to the “Lost Partition Recovery” interface. The deleted partition letter “E:\” is not displayed in the interface. Instead, it is displayed as “Deleted Partition” there. In case of there are more than one deleted partitions, users can recognize the target deleted partition according to the size of partitions. Then users should select the deleted partition as below, and click “Full Scan” to continue.

Tip: if there is no deleted partition shown in the interface, please click “Refresh” in the lower left corner to recognize the deleted partition again.

The following is the process bar of the scan after clicking “Full Scan”.

Step 3. After the scanning, users can get the deleted data in the deleted partition. Then, they can select their wanted files to recover.

Tip: There is a “Preview” function in this interface. Pictures can be previewed for users’ convenience.

When users press “Save” in the lower right corner, an error interface will be shown as blew. This is the limitation of MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free Edition V7.0. It can only scan the drive rather than save the recovered files. If users want to save them, please purchase a license key at http://www.PowerDataRecovery.com/upgrade-from-free.html. Note it is advisable to save these data to another safe position instead of the original location before you confirm all needed data are recovered and the original location is ready for a second data store.

Besides, Damaged Partition Recovery is the most powerful data recovery module among the five modules, which focus on recovering data from damaged, RAW or formatted partitions. If you want to use this module, please click here to know more about Damaged Partition Recovery.