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Windows clustering gives a unique way to employ fail over support for demanding applications and services. With clustering, applications and data can be made available on different servers, which are linked together as clusters. A clustered volume is a critical repository of data, which if lost brings in data loss consequences. At this point, if the available backup seems to be invalid, you need a powerful windows partition recovery utility that could recover the lost data at a safe location.

To illustrate such scenarios, consider you use Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Windows clustering service. You try to access a clustered volume, but fail. Also, when you try to use volume's drive letter in order to view volume contents, you cannot do so as you receive the below error message:

“The system cannot find the path specified.”

Cause

The above situation results if these conditions are true:

• You extend the clustered volume using Diskpart

• You move the extended volume to another node of group

In such conditions, volume's drive letter mapping information is lost. This is because when you perform the above operations, you lose volume path information, which is consisted of drive letter mapping information.

However, when you place the volume back to root node, it becomes visible in Cluster Administrator, but attempts to access its contents gives the same error message, as above.

Solution

• You are suggested to install all the updates available for Windows Server 2003

• You can avoid the discussed problem from occurring by refreshing the cluster registry with that of new partition information. To do so, you should run Diskpart and then take the volume to offline mode. Before moving the volume, you need to bring it back online

• For solving the above issue, you need to delete the inaccessible volume and create it as new. Since its contents are completely inaccessible, you cannot backup its contents. So, you should restore it from backup. However, if it is unavailable or inaccessible too, you need a solution of windows data recovery.