In today's digital age, hard disk partitioning has become an important means of computer storage management. However, during the process of usage, we sometimes encounter the issue of "Merge partition fails to show not formatted", which not only affects our work efficiency, but also may cause the risk of data loss. The following will give different solutions according to different situations.
A hard disk partition merge failure occurs when trying to merge two or more partitions into a single partition in the operating system or disk management tool. This can be due to the following reasons:
Partition table error: Hard disk partitions are logically partitioned according to the partition table, if the partition table is wrong or corrupted, the partitions cannot be merged normally.
Operating System Limitations: Some operating systems may have limits on hard disk partitions, such as maximum partition capacity, maximum number of partitions, etc., and partition merging may fail when trying to exceed these limits.
Incompatible file systems: If the partitions to be merged use different file systems, such as FAT32 and NTFS, the partition merging may fail.
When performing a hard disk partition merging operation, it is recommended to back up important data in advance and operate cautiously to avoid data loss or partition merge failure.
Circumstance.
1. There is important data but it is not backed up.
What should I do if a partition fails to merge and shows not formatted? If you follow the prompts to format the partition may be able to solve the problem of failure to merge partitions, but if there is important data in it, there will be data loss problems after formatting, in fact, if the storage device becomes unformatted, and there is important data stored in the device that cannot be backed up, you can take a safe way to solve it.
That is to use professional data recovery software to extract the data from the hard drive before formatting the operation. Provided, of course, that the device does not have hardware failures or a large number of bad sectors. Next, take Cloud Knight Data Recovery software as an example to teach you how to recover data from unformatted hard drive partitions, the specific steps are as follows:
Step 1: Install the free** software from the official website and install it in a secure computer partition, launch the software and select the "Partition Recovery" function in the scenario mode.
Step 2: Find and tick the partition that becomes unformatted, click "Start Scan", tick the partition in the pop-up partition table scan and click "Start Recovery".
Step 3: After waiting for the scan to finish, we can find the files that need to be recovered in the scan result and preview the files to predict the data recoverability.
Step 4: Finally, check the confirmed data, click the "Restore Now" button, save the data to other disks, and wait for the export to be completed to view.
Note: If you encounter a complex problem and do not know how to deal with it, it is recommended to contact the software ** personnel to assist you in solving it.
Circumstance.
2. Backed up data or no data.
If you have backed up important data in advance or if you don't have data, we can try the following methods to solve the problem:
1) Use a disk management tool.
Open the Disk Management tool (on Windows, you can find it through "Management Tools" in the Control Panel or search for "Disk Management") to check and confirm whether the partition is displayed as unallocated or unformatted. If yes, you can try to format or recover the partition.
a.For partitions that are not assigned, you can right-click the partition, select New Simple Volume, and then follow the wizard to format the partitions.
b.For partitions that are not formatted, you can right-click on the partition, select "Format", and then follow the wizard to select a partition format (such as NTFS) for formatting.
2) Use third-party tools.
If the disk management tool is unable to repair the partition, you can try using third-party software to repair the partition.
a.* And install a third-party partition repair tool.
b.Open the tool and select the partition you want to repair.
c.Follow the tool's instructions, and you may need to select the partition type, size, location, and so on.
d.Follow the prompts of the tool to complete the partition repair.
3) Seek professional help.
If none of the above methods can repair the partition, or if you are unsure about the safety and accuracy of the operation, it is recommended to seek offline professional data recovery services or technical support. They can provide more advanced and sophisticated solutions that ensure the safe recovery of data.
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