fdisk screws MFT table

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hi folks,

I'm desperate.

recently I bought a new HD (WD 120 GIG), put it in my computer and
copied all my important data to it for backup reasons. Now I wanted to
install windows on my old 30 Gig drive. I can't boot from CD for some
reason, so for a really clean install I first need to install W98 before
I can install XP. So I started the W98 setup program and fdisk asked me
if I wanted to repartition my disk. I assumed he was talking about the
30 Gig disk, which has always gone fine, so I said yes. But it crashed,
and I detached the new disk from my computer. Too late, as turned out
later. Installation went fluently, but the minute I opened "this
computer" I realised fdisk had screwed up the FAT table of my new drive
(which is formatted in NTFS) making the data unreachable, as "disk
management" tells me.

I did quite a lot of research, but no solution yet. Any help or tips are
greatly appreciated since it's quite a bunch of work we're talking about
here

Anyone know of a free solution? I found getdataback from runtime, but
it's shareware. A way to crack this one would also be appreciated

thanks in advance
 
Ep said:
hi folks,

I'm desperate.

recently I bought a new HD (WD 120 GIG), put it in my computer and
copied all my important data to it for backup reasons. Now I wanted to
install windows on my old 30 Gig drive. I can't boot from CD for some
reason, so for a really clean install I first need to install W98 before
I can install XP. So I started the W98 setup program and fdisk asked me
if I wanted to repartition my disk. I assumed he was talking about the
30 Gig disk, which has always gone fine, so I said yes. But it crashed,
and I detached the new disk from my computer. Too late, as turned out
later. Installation went fluently, but the minute I opened "this
computer" I realised fdisk had screwed up the FAT table of my new drive
(which is formatted in NTFS) making the data unreachable, as "disk
management" tells me.

I did quite a lot of research, but no solution yet. Any help or tips are
greatly appreciated since it's quite a bunch of work we're talking about
here

Anyone know of a free solution? I found getdataback from runtime, but
it's shareware. A way to crack this one would also be appreciated

thanks in advance
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Here are a few tools that might help you retrieve your partition:

http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm
http://www.hddrecovery.com.au
http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz
http://www.runtime.org/
www.acronis.com

About the cause of your disaster: There are a few lessons to
be learnt:
- Backing up your data was an excellent idea.
- Backup up your important files once every week, to an independent
storage medium, would be even better.
- Never leave your backup medium connected unless actually backing
up files.
- Always have a Win98 boot disk handy (www.bootdisk.com). It is
extremely useful when unable to boot with a CD, or when trying to
access files while WinXP is unavailable.
 
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