Recovering lost data !!!!!

[Jack]

Hi Friends,

I have two hard disks on my computer - one for System and
one for Data. I was re-installing Windows XP last night on
the 'System' hard disk. Somehow, I foolishly managed to
install it in the 'Data' hard disk (I did not format the
hard disk before doing this).

Needless to say, I am at my wits end as I have lost all
data and am stuck with a backup that is one month old!

Is there any way under the sun I can recover some of the
lost data? Of the 30 GB 'Data' hard disk, I am only
interested in two files of 2MB that are critical!!!

Any help or pointers would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Jack

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jack,

If you did not format, the data should still be there. Look at the drive
carefully from Windows Explorer.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ron Sommer]

If you didn't format, then the data files should be there.
Does XP run a check to see if there is enough hard drive space?
Did you check if the drive letters have been switched?

 

[Jack]

Hi Rick,

I installed XP in the 'Data' hard disk. Explorer is
showing only XP related files and 28 GB of free space!!

Thanks for your quick reply
Jack (feel like a jack ass

 

[R. McCarty]

Data recovery may still be possible, depending on what
sectors have been overwritten. ActiveUneraser makes 2
products, I've used to recover both Partitions and files.
Unfortunately, they are not freeware/shareware. You may
be able to download a trial version, just to see what data
is still resident on the disk.
1. ActiveUneraser - To recover individual files
2. ActivePartiton - Recovers entire Partitions that have
been overwritten.
http://www.uneraser.com/undelete.htm

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

As Rick has said. If you DID NOT format the partition, the data IS still
there!

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Jack,

Sounds to me like you DID format. There is a chance some of the data may
still be recoverable, this utility can help:
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone