To recover partition, Boot from Linux System Rescue CD then run TESTDISK.
Let it search the drive for the missing partition.

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"cathycr" <cathycr.3u5arb@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> Last year I made a partition to install XP (which took 20GB) on my pc
> which came with Vista Home Premium, as I'm running low in my main
> partition I search "how to delete partition" and followed this:
>
> # Open Command Prompt.
> # Type:
> diskpart
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> list disk
> Make note of the disk number of the disk from which you want to delete
> the partition.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> select diskn
> Select the disk n from which you want to delete the partition.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> list partition
> Make note of the number of the partition that you want to delete.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> select partitionn
> Select the partition n that you want to delete.
> # At the DISKPART prompt, type:
> delete partition
>
> Now the hard disk D: is gone but I still have the same space on C: (I
> shouldn't have done it, I know now).
>
> I'd like to fix this! Please help! The only CD I have is Reinstallation
> DVD WIndows Vista Home Premium and I think I still have the one for XP.
> Is there any way to do this without formating the whole thing???
>
> Many thanks
>
>
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