Warnings:
Make sure the hidden partition is NTFS!!!!
No responsibility taken if you follow these instructions and you fubar your disk. If in doubt, use a graphical tool like Partition Magic to help you out.
Open a cmd window
Type diskpart and enter
A seperate diskpart window kicks off with a DISKPART> prompt.
Find the partition you want to unhide using LIST and SELECT commands
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
————- —————- ——- ——-
Partition 1 Primary 55 MB 32 KB
Partition 2 Primary 89 GB 55 MB
Partition 3 Primary 60 GB 89 GB
DISKPART> list disk
Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
——– ————- ——- ——- — —
Disk 0 Online 149 GB 0 B
Disk 1 Online 5831 MB 0 B
DISKPART> select disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.
DISKPART> list partition
Partition ### Type Size Offset
————- —————- ——- ——-
Partition 1 Primary 55 MB 32 KB
Partition 2 Primary 89 GB 55 MB
Partition 3 Primary 60 GB 89 GB
DISKPART> select partition 2
Partition 2 is now the selected partition.
DISKPART> detail partition
Partition 2
Type : 17
Hidden: Yes
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 57576960
There is no volume associated with this partition.
DISKPART> SET ID=07
DISKPART> detail partition
Partition 2
Type : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 57576960
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
———- — ———– —– ———- ——- ——— ——–
* Volume 3 F NTFS Partition 89 GB Healthy
I tried this and I couldn’t get it to work. It seems to work fine up until I try the SET ID=07. I have Win XP Home sp3, and there is no SET sub-command of the DISKPART command. When I try the SET ID=07 command I just get a list of valid DISKPART sub-commands. Is there something I’m missing?
Yeah, sadly a newer operating system! I would have been on vista or win 7 when i wrote that. The xp version suppprts a lot but not the set command. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300415
Try gparted instead
neversleepz, thanks for the tip. gparted worked like a charm. I tried PartitionMagic and it couldn’t do it. Thanks again.
If I could I’d KISS YOU!!!
DISKPART> SET ID=07 is exactly what I needed to know to unhide my partition
Thank you thank you thank you. All the other sites show you commands but not the critical Set ID command – why – duh…
Thank you.