A volume is a separate area on a hard disk that has a file system, and it can be formatted whenever required as per the user’s desire. All the logical drives are recognized by the letter or alphabet. For instance, most of the Windows computers have C: / as the main logical drive.

You can use a Microsoft Management Console, Disk Management to create partitions in the disk. Moreover, the first three partitions that are created they are called as primary partitions. In case a user wants to create more than three partitions, then those subsequent partitions called extended partitions

Why You Should Have Partitions on Hard Drive

Use multiple operating systems

With logical partitions, you can install multiple operating systems. One operating system on each partition. This can be extremely useful for programmers who need to switch constantly from one operating system from the other. This saves a lot of hardware cost.

Data is protected in case of a Failure

In the event of a system failure when nothing seems to work, the only option that remains is reinstalling the operating system. Now, if in such a case you do not have a separate partition for your data, then you will end up losing it all.

Partitioning means, you only have to format your main drive, and you can easily recover the rest of your data.

Better Performance

By partitioning drives, the number of reading head repositioning delays reduce and that is why the performance of your system goes up.

Better Data Management

As we stated above, by partitioning drives, your data will not stuffed in a single drive. Instead, it can be divided into separate drives and better organized.

Reasons for The Loss of Logical Partition

Accidental Deletion

The most common reason for losing a logical partition is accidentally deleting it. It can happen in just a jiffy, and you could end up losing all the data.

Operating system reinstallation

If you are trying to install or reinstall the operating system and you follow a wrong procedure, then it could lead to loss of partition. It can also occur because of an interruption during the installation process.

Damage to Partition Header

The partition headers for each partition contain all the important details about file size, allocation, and sectors present on the hard drive. If there is any damage or corruption in partition header, then all the information about the logical partition will be lost, and the data will go into an unreadable state.

Virus attacks

Virus attacks can corrupt the system and damage logical partition.

How to Recover Lost Partition

Startup Repair

This is the first thing you should do when you face any issues with the partitions. Its basic debug option that can retrieve partitions if there is no major loss.
Bootrec

Follow the below steps:

• Boot the system through a System Repair Disc or a Windows Setup DVD
• Open the Command Prompt by going to the Start Menu
• Launch Bootrec.exe

You can use the following commands for different purposes

• Write a new sector
• bootrec.exe /fixboot
• Repair corrupt boot sectors
• bootrec.exe /fixmbr
• Rebuild boot configuration
• bootrec.exe /scanos

Logical Drive Recovery with Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery – Home

This software has been specially developed to deal with issues relating partition loss. Stellar Phoenix Windows Data Recovery can efficiently recover lost or deleted partitions. It also recovers all the data and files saved in the partition. It first scans the drive for all the partitions and then previews the partitions that can be recovered.

Here are some of the features of the software

• Recovers lost partitions
• Recovers data from SD card, USB, internal drive, etc.
• Ability to recover over 300 files types
• Recovered deleted emails from Outlook
• Supports Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
• Supports FAT, NTFS, and ExFAT file systems

The software has a very easy to use interface, and it can quickly recover all the lost partitions.