How to Undelete NTFS Partition without Losing Data

Can I recover deleted NTFS partition?

Users who have used Disk Management to check the status of their hard drives and partitions will notice that the “File System” column shows “NTFS”, “ReFS”, etc.

Regarding “File System”, we are referring to a means of organizing data on the drive.

NTFS, New Technology File System, released in Sep. 1993, is a kind of file system developed by Microsoft. It is now the default file system widely used in Windows.

NTFS is much safer and more well-developed than its prior generation FAT (File Allocation Table). Also, it is much different from ReFS. Users can check the ReFS vs. NTFS report to learn.

It includes enhancements, supporting a journaling file system, filesystem encryption, shadow copying, etc.

▶ If you have accidentally deleted NTFS Partition

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 have their partitions deleted accidentally.

This is not a rare thing, no matter what file systems you use. You might also need to recover ext4 partitions after accidental deletion. The same is to an NTFS partition.

This is never a single or rare case, so many people ask, “How can I recover a deleted NTFS partition?” If you have also encountered this, check this guide, and you will get covered.

How to undelete NTFS partition with ease

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.

You might have learned that using “attrib” or “recover” commands in Command Prompt can save you. But in fact, these commands are pretty limited.

“Attrib” commands can only “recover” files that are hidden due to viruses or human errors; the “recover” command in CMD can only restore one deleted file at a time. Both of them cannot apply to your situation.

Instead, you need a professional NTFS partition recovery tool to assist you. For time and labor’s sake, utilizing software is much wiser.

Now, follow the instructions below to restore NTFS partitions safer and faster.

▶ Before NTFS partition recovery

We would better take some actions prior to the partition rescue. That is stopping using the affected hard drive right after the deletion. Here, by mentioning “us”, we are referring to:

• Do not add any more items or files to the drive.
• Never create a new simple volume from the unallocated space.
• Do not format or reformat the hard drive.
• Do not rebuild MBR partition table.

Now, with everything ready, let’s start to undelete NTFS partition.

▶ Step-by-step: Recover deleted NTFS partition

How to restore NTFS partition securely and quickly? Compared to wasting precious time and labor to retrieve files by using CMD slowly, one would instead take advantage of partition rescue software.

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.

Efficient. It retrieves accidentally deleted partitions from external hard drives or internal drives, like HDD/SSD/SD card/USB, and other storage devices. 

Easy. Using this program, you can get back deleted partitions in 3 steps. 

Compatible. It supports many Windows OS, applying to Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, XP, Server, etc., NTFS, FAT16/FAT32, exFAT, ext2/ext3/ext4, etc.; you could easily restore deleted ext4 partitions with it.

Now download the app and start to undelete NTFS partitions without difficulties.

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Two search modes are offered. “Fast Search” scans the hard disk quickly; while “Full Search” scans the hard drive sector by sector, which correspondingly costs more time.

Step 1. Run AOMEI Partition Assistant > go to “Partition recovery wizard” > select the affected drive > click “Next”.

Step 2. Choose a search method to scan and locate the deleted 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 > “Proceed”.

Use Diskpart to recover lost partition

In addition, partitions with missing drive numbers are not displayed. If the NTFS volume label is missing, Windows may not be able to find the data. However, you can run CMD commands to solve the problem, try to assign a drive letter to the NTFS drive, and then recover the lost partition.

Step 1. Enter “cmd” in the search bar and select the “Run as Administrator” option to open the command prompt window.

Step 2. Type “diskpart” in the window and press “Enter”.

Step 3. Type “list disk” and press “Enter”. Then you can see all the partitions on the computer.

Step 4. Type “select disk a” and press “Enter” (a means the number of the hard drive including the lost partition).

Step 5. Type “list volume” and press “Enter”.

Step 6. Type “select volume b” and press “Enter” (b means the number of the lost partition). Type “assign letter c” and press “Enter” (c means a drive letter that can be used).

Q&A about partition recovery

Now you have learned how to undelete NTFS partition safely and easily, but there is something else you may need. One can never avoid human error or escape from partition loss forever. So, you may meet some problems in the future.