Partition Help

[Guest]

I was recently attempting to reformat my computer. Before doing so I moved
all of my data onto a removable USB hard drive. When in the XP Setup I
accidently deleted the partition of the removable hard drive instead of my
primary hard drive that I wanted.

In short: I have a hard drive with a lot of sensitive important data on it,
but no partition to it. I have scoured the internet trying to find 3rd party
tools to aid, but they either seem sketchy and/or have a price tag that--well
quite frankly--I don't see fit just yet. Where there's a will there's a
way--is there something within XP that I can try in terms of "undeleting" my
partition?

I thank you guys in advance for your replies to this question.
-Garrett

 

[Ted Zieglar]

There is nothing in XP that can repair a deleted partition. You'll need
specialized software, that may or may not work, or you'll have to pay a
data recovery company. Personally, I would not attempt recovery on my own.

Hands off that USB hard disk. Don't plug it in to a computer until
you're implementing one of the solutions above. Don't even turn on the
power. And start making sandwhiches 'cause you may be eating them for
some time to come.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I was recently attempting to reformat my computer. Before doing so I
moved all of my data onto a removable USB hard drive. When in the XP
Setup I accidently deleted the partition of the removable hard drive
instead of my primary hard drive that I wanted.

In short: I have a hard drive with a lot of sensitive important data
on it, but no partition to it. I have scoured the internet trying to
find 3rd party tools to aid, but they either seem sketchy and/or have
a price tag that--well quite frankly--I don't see fit just yet.
Where there's a will there's a way--is there something within XP that
I can try in terms of "undeleting" my partition?

I thank you guys in advance for your replies to this question.
-Garrett

You may have to install the hard drive in a computer to do the repair. Here
is a search for a free partition recovery program. I have not tried any of
them. You often get what you pay for.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=free+partition+recovery&btnG=Search

Acronis Disk Director Suite has this function as well. I haven't used the
current version but I have had very good luck with previous versions of
Acronis products.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/

 

[Loren Pechtel]

I was recently attempting to reformat my computer. Before doing so I moved
all of my data onto a removable USB hard drive. When in the XP Setup I
accidently deleted the partition of the removable hard drive instead of my
primary hard drive that I wanted.

In short: I have a hard drive with a lot of sensitive important data on it,
but no partition to it. I have scoured the internet trying to find 3rd party
tools to aid, but they either seem sketchy and/or have a price tag that--well
quite frankly--I don't see fit just yet. Where there's a will there's a
way--is there something within XP that I can try in terms of "undeleting" my
partition?

I thank you guys in advance for your replies to this question.
-Garrett

XP won't help you.

I have successfully used TestDisk to recover a blown-up partition.
It's free and can be found at:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

 

[Lasse]

XP won't help you.

I have successfully used TestDisk to recover a blown-up partition.
It's free and can be found at:

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

I have used the same program to undelete a partition I accidently
deleted (when I installed Linux on my WinXp computer). It did the job
perfect.