Destructive System Recovery???

[pikespeak]

Okay Guys,

This might have a simple answer, I'm quite sure of it.

I just did a Destructive System Recovery, not a Non-Destructive and all my
stuff is gone, right? It sure looks like it.

Forever, is there anyway to reverse that?

I'm assuming not, but when everything is gone, it's gone right?

 

[Elmo]

Okay Guys,

This might have a simple answer, I'm quite sure of it.

I just did a Destructive System Recovery, not a Non-Destructive and all my
stuff is gone, right? It sure looks like it.

Forever, is there anyway to reverse that?

I'm assuming not, but when everything is gone, it's gone right?

Dunno.. See if one of these programs reveal any remaining files:

Download and run Restoration or another Undelete program. The more you
use the hd with the deleted files, the more data you overwrite, so you
should download the program to a flash drive, or floppy.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html
http://www.recuva.com/

 

[Ian R]

Okay Guys,

This might have a simple answer, I'm quite sure of it.

I just did a Destructive System Recovery, not a Non-Destructive and all my
stuff is gone, right? It sure looks like it.

Forever, is there anyway to reverse that?

I'm assuming not, but when everything is gone, it's gone right?

It still might be possible to recover files.

Ive had good results with this utility from www.RecoverMyFiles.com

A friend had "unwittingly" done the same thing and we got back most of his
stuff with the above - but it took over 13 hours to complete the scan of the
drive. And it that instance it required taking the drive out of his machine
and hooking it up to another. His own PC couldnt cope as it kept crashing
after about 20 mins running the scan. Connecting the drive to another PC
makes it easier to copy the recovered files to another drive.

In order to preserve your chances of recovering your old data you should
really minimise the use of your PC. The OS is constantly creating temporary
files which can overwrite areas containing your data. Putting the drive into
another PC means youre not running the OS from the drive your trying to
recover data from.

HTH

YMMV

Ian
PS I don't work for RecoverMyFiles.com

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Okay Guys,

This might have a simple answer, I'm quite sure of it.

I just did a Destructive System Recovery, not a Non-Destructive and all my
stuff is gone, right? It sure looks like it.

Basically, yes.

Forever, is there anyway to reverse that?

Perhaps. The answer depends on what has happened to the system since the
recovery (the more you use it. the less chance there is for revovery) and of
course, how much you're willing to pay.

This topic is known as Data Recovery.

I'm assuming not, but when everything is gone, it's gone right?

You can attempt data recovery on your own, and there are lots of programs to
help you with it. Some first principles:

1) STOP using that drive RIGHT NOW.

2) most importantly, do NOT boot from the drive you're trying to recover, do
NOT install the recovery (or ANY software) to that drive, and do NOT attempt
to recover *to* that drive.

3) Attach the drive to another XP system that has the recovery software and
more than enough space to hold recovered data. USB2 drive cases are great
for this. Remove the drive from your system, attach it to the case, and
plug it into the host system.

4) There are free trial versions of most recovery apps. However, if they
can't do what you need, look for data recovery agencies near you. All will
give estimates of what they feel they can recovery and how much it will
cost. Not all estimates are free. It helps if you can identify what it
is you most want recovered, for example the contents of your user account
folder.

When I've used recovery agencies for drives that had failed electrically,
the recovery cost was around CDN$1000. One rush job was CND$5000 (the
data was worth vastly more).

HTH
-pk

 

[Site.Suggestion]

Okay Guys,

This might have a simple answer, I'm quite sure of it.

I just did a Destructive SystemRecovery, not a Non-Destructive and all my
stuff is gone, right? It sure looks like it.

Forever, is there anyway to reverse that?

I'm assuming not, but when everything is gone, it's gone right?

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