I lost some data. This is what I did.

I was working with two computers with identical hardware specs. One
20GB HDD partitioned into two.
Drive C ~ 5GB
Drive D ~ 15 GB
Both running win98se

I stored my data on my computer 1. All of it was on the D: partition

I formatted computer 2, reinstalling windows 98, etc. etc. Nice clean
image.

I backed up part of my D: drive but mistakenly missed several folders,
again they were all on the d: drive

Once computer 2 was ready to go I switched hard drives and cloned my
computer 1 using Norton Ghost. I had two identical clean images but
not the data I wanted. Shook my head, called some techies, prayed and
decided to post.

I need to know if there is a way to undo what ghost did.
If not can I recover just my files from the old D: drive?
What is the best program to do this?

Thank you in advance
Lawrence (Val) Pritchard
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On 25 Sep 2003 16:19:03 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (val) wrote:

>I lost some data. This is what I did.
>
>I was working with two computers with identical hardware specs. One
>20GB HDD partitioned into two.
>Drive C ~ 5GB
>Drive D ~ 15 GB
>Both running win98se
>
>I stored my data on my computer 1. All of it was on the D: partition
>
>I formatted computer 2, reinstalling windows 98, etc. etc. Nice clean
>image.
>
>I backed up part of my D: drive but mistakenly missed several folders,
>again they were all on the d: drive
>
>Once computer 2 was ready to go I switched hard drives and cloned my
>computer 1 using Norton Ghost. I had two identical clean images but
>not the data I wanted. Shook my head, called some techies, prayed and
>decided to post.
>
>I need to know if there is a way to undo what ghost did.
>If not can I recover just my files from the old D: drive?
>What is the best program to do this?
>
>Thank you in advance
>Lawrence (Val) Pritchard
>(E-Mail Removed)
>(E-Mail Removed)

Difficult to say, but nothing is known until it is examined. If I
understood it correct in first reading, it would depend on how much
data there was in the source D: partition.

Do of course not write to disk areas that can contain copies of
missing data. Then first try some standard recovery programs.
--
Svend Olaf

(E-Mail Removed) (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> On 25 Sep 2003 16:19:03 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (val) wrote:
>
> >I lost some data. This is what I did.
> >
> >I was working with two computers with identical hardware specs. One
> >20GB HDD partitioned into two.
> >Drive C ~ 5GB
> >Drive D ~ 15 GB
> >Both running win98se
> >
> >I stored my data on my computer 1. All of it was on the D: partition
> >
> >I formatted computer 2, reinstalling windows 98, etc. etc. Nice clean
> >image.
> >
> >I backed up part of my D: drive but mistakenly missed several folders,
> >again they were all on the d: drive
> >
> >Once computer 2 was ready to go I switched hard drives and cloned my
> >computer 1 using Norton Ghost. I had two identical clean images but
> >not the data I wanted. Shook my head, called some techies, prayed and
> >decided to post.
> >
> >I need to know if there is a way to undo what ghost did.
> >If not can I recover just my files from the old D: drive?
> >What is the best program to do this?
> >
> >Thank you in advance
> >Lawrence (Val) Pritchard
> >(E-Mail Removed)
> >(E-Mail Removed)
>
> Difficult to say, but nothing is known until it is examined. If I
> understood it correct in first reading, it would depend on how much
> data there was in the source D: partition.
>
> Do of course not write to disk areas that can contain copies of
> missing data. Then first try some standard recovery programs.


I downloaded "Get Data Back" version 2.2. It found all of my files
and from what I could tell they were intact. I tried to copy the
folders, and the files, and I got the message "the copy function is
not available with the demo version. You must purchase the full
version to use this function." Man was I upset. I found all my files
and was half a step from getting them back and boom, another setback.
Obviously I shut down the computer and here I sit. If I do buy the
program will it still read the files or will they be all mixed up
because I tried to recover and did not complete the procedure?

Val

On 28 Sep 2003 00:21:27 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (val) wrote:

>I downloaded "Get Data Back" version 2.2. It found all of my files
>and from what I could tell they were intact. I tried to copy the
>folders, and the files, and I got the message "the copy function is
>not available with the demo version. You must purchase the full
>version to use this function." Man was I upset. I found all my files
>and was half a step from getting them back and boom, another setback.
>Obviously I shut down the computer and here I sit. If I do buy the
>program will it still read the files or will they be all mixed up
>because I tried to recover and did not complete the procedure?
>
>Val

It must be assumed that the program did only read from the problem
partition, so nothing is changed.

It is difficult to say if the program will be able to copy all files.
If files are fragmented, and the FAT is lost (not known), it is easy
to show the file names, and the first sectors from the files, but
copying the entire files can be more or less difficult.

It cannot be ruled out that the missing partition is not damaged at
all. If you want me to take a look at that possibility, then download
Findpart at

http://www.partitionsupport.com/utilities.htm

do:

findpart all fp.txt

and insert (not attach the output). If a FAT partition was written at
the same location as the lost partition, the partition however of
course was damaged.

Since nothing is known about the current disk setup, I must recommend
that if you run the commend, you do it from pure DOS, and post the
message from another PC.
--
Svend Olaf

"val" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> I downloaded "Get Data Back" version 2.2. It found all of my files
> and from what I could tell they were intact. I tried to copy the
> folders, and the files, and I got the message "the copy function is
> not available with the demo version. You must purchase the full
> version to use this function." Man was I upset. I found all my files
> and was half a step from getting them back and boom, another setback.
> Obviously I shut down the computer and here I sit. If I do buy the
> program will it still read the files or will they be all mixed up
> because I tried to recover and did not complete the procedure?
>
> Val

Depending upon how much data you need the demo for iRecover may be an
option. The demo allows recovery of one folder each time you run the
program. iRecover is read-only and will not 'fix' things.

What Svend said about the possibly trashed FATs is also true for iRecover as
well as for any file recovery software. Coming up with file names is
relatively easy, there's no guarantee that the copied files will be intact.

Joep
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