different to below - 2nd hard drive may have vanished, please help?

[caj56k]

I really really need someones help if possible. I have two hard drive, my C: with windows and programs etc, and my I: with all my university work as well as other priceless items such as family photos etc. It is the I: that seems to have vanished.

I recently downloaded "moveonboot" software from gibinsoft.net to delete on boot, a file that for some reason didnt delete, and was made by myself somehow i think when i file didnt save properly or something. anyway i open the program, select the file, and it says the file will be deleted on reboot. i reboot and notice their are no numbers for capacity etc next to my I:. I try to open it and it says "DISK NOT FORMATTED: The disk in drive I: is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?"

This is were i have left it as i am utterly shellshocked and scared because so much of what i need is in that file and cant imagine doing all that work again.

Please, if their is anyone out there who has any ideas or possible solutions, it would really help so much as i am not entirley knowledgable about computers and am worried i could make it worse or even never get my work back

please let me know, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

thanks

 

[PC eye]

The first question is what version of Windows are you running? If you are running another operating system name that in your reply. If it is a version of Windows the program you tried may have damaged the partition information or simply made the second drive's single partition inactive where it is now invisible to Windows on your first(primary) hard drive.

The moveonboot program most likely failed to delete your file since it did have "ownership" like Windows does. But the second question here that needs to be asked is what are you using to view the second hard drive with?