THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
PC, THE FIRST (C THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
(WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D THAT IS MY STORAGE
DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
DOCUMENTS.
I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C AND RE-INSTALL
WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

Have you tried the following procedure?

Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second drive
and select INITIALIZE DISK.

If that does not work:

Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit enter.
Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
Try initializing the disk again.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Efi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
news:10f7801c3f54a$e47f0320$(E-Mail Removed)...

| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
| PC, THE FIRST (C THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D THAT IS MY STORAGE
| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
| DOCUMENTS.
| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C AND RE-INSTALL
| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

You can get software that will recover a format (unformat)
but be careful to do very little with the disk until you
recover the data.

BTW, unlock your CAPS key.

Be sure to get a utility program that handles XP (FAT32 or
NTFS).


"Efi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:10f7801c3f54a$e47f0320$(E-Mail Removed)...
| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE THAT
| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON MY
| PC, THE FIRST (C THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D THAT IS MY STORAGE
| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
| DOCUMENTS.
| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C AND RE-INSTALL
| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D WAS
| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!

I have tried this procedure but in the lower right-hand
>window (gray shaded area),the selection INITIALIZE DISK
does not exit.
Please help !!




>-----Original Message-----
>Have you tried the following procedure?
>
>Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
>window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second
drive
>and select INITIALIZE DISK.
>
>If that does not work:
>
>Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
>In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit
enter.
>Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
>Try initializing the disk again.
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
>---------------------------------------------------------
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>
>"Efi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message:
> news:10f7801c3f54a$e47f0320$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE
THAT
>| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON
MY
>| PC, THE FIRST (C THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
>| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D THAT IS MY STORAGE
>| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
>| DOCUMENTS.
>| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C AND RE-INSTALL
>| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
>| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
>| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D
WAS
>| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
>| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
>| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
>| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!
>.
>

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

> I have tried this procedure but in the lower right-hand
>
>>window (gray shaded area),the selection INITIALIZE DISK
>
> does not exit.
> Please help !!
>
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Have you tried the following procedure?
>>
>>Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
>>Click on DISK MANAGEMENT and in the lower right-hand
>>window (gray shaded area), right-click on your second
>
> drive
>
>>and select INITIALIZE DISK.
>>
>>If that does not work:
>>
>>Go to Start > Run and type: CMD , and hit enter.
>>In the Command Prompt window, type: DISKPART , hit
>
> enter.
>
>>Then type: RESCAN , hit enter.
>>Try initializing the disk again.
>>
>>--
>>Carey Frisch
>>Microsoft MVP
>>Windows XP - Shell/User
>>
>>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>>
>>---------------------------------------------------------
>
> --------------------------------------
>
>>"Efi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>
> message:
>
>>news:10f7801c3f54a$e47f0320$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>| THERE HAS BEEN DONE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE AND I BELIEVE
>
> THAT
>
>>| IT WAS NOT MY FAULT.I HAVE TWO DISKS (HARD DISKS) ON
>
> MY
>
>>| PC, THE FIRST (C THAT HAS MY OPERATING SYSTEM
>>| (WINDOWSXP) AND THE SECOND ONE (D THAT IS MY STORAGE
>>| DISK. I KEEP THERE ALL MY WORK AND ALL MY IMPORTANT
>>| DOCUMENTS.
>>| I WANTED TO FORMAT THE FIRST DISK (C AND RE-INSTALL
>>| WINDOWS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS.SO I PREPARE A START UP
>>| DISK, I GO TO MS-DOS MODE AND TYPE : FORMAT C:
>>| I RESTART MY COMPUTER AND THEN I REALIZE THAT DISK D
>
> WAS
>
>>| FORMATED !!!!!!I HAVE LOST EVERYTHING!!MY WORK,MY
>>| DOCUMENTS, EVERYTHING!!!!!HOW COULD THIS BE???????HOW
>>| COULD THIS HAPPEN????IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO???
>>| PLEASEEEE HEEEELP !!!!!
>>.
>>
If I were you, I would try to get my hands on a utility like Partition
Magic which might save your day since it has an undelete partition
utility. Or research the Internet for a shareware or freeware doing the
same thing. Above all, make sure not write anything on this partition
until the utility you will use is ready to do its job.

Good luck

--
John Doue