Accidentally partially formatted hard drive

eking804

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I have an older dell laptop running win XP but I tried upgrading it to Win 7 but there was not enough available space on the HDD so I started formatting the HDD and it only partially formatted so it tries to boot and freezes on a blue screen with random code and errors.
 

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Download Get Data Back for NTFS.

The trial version shows you a spanning tree of folders. You will need to purchase the software if you want to recover it, but it will at least let you know if anything is recoverable.

If you don't care about the data, do a clean install.
 

eking804

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What is the recovery process

 

eking804

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I have a windows 7 disc. should I just access the boot order menu and put the CD/ROM option at the top?
 

eking804

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how do you install the program to that computer?

 

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I don't care about the data I just want a new OS