   hard drive problem (need to partition but dont wanna lose data)
  Hi, recently my PC got really damaged and everything was completely knackered.However I kept my hard drives in the hope they would still work. I'm testing them now on my friends computer and one of them works  (JOY)However the other one is recognised in the bios and in device manager but doesnt show up in my computer. Now I know that if i partition it and reformat it it will probably be fine but then I will lose all the data on the drive.Is there a way to get it working again and keep the data?   
  You might be able to use something like GetDataBack NTFS to get your data off the drive. If it is knackered from physical PC damage, do not reuse the drive. Wipe it and toss it (go to a computer recycler's and use their degausser if you have to). Disks are cheap.   