i've recently merged 3 paritions on partition magic 1 of these contained a large amount of data(upto 4gb). well i don't know what went wrong but the partitions are merged but the files are missing. the files arn't deleted but are somehow hidden which is making it really hard for file recovery software to spot. however 1 peice of software can see it, virtuallab: http://www.binarybiz.com/vlab/windows.php.
problem is this software will cost me over a 100$ to download 100k of recovery. and for 4gb comes to 130$!
quick questions:
can i see the files on the disk?(in windows)
nope. in virtuallab they show up inside a folder i created. however if i try to enter this folder in windows it says access is denied.
did i backup?
no
if i right click on the harddrive does it show disk space as being used?
it shows in windows as a complete blank harddrive, with 1 folder inside.
what file recovery software have i tried?
about every single link that comes in google(first page mainly) when ya put in file recovery software.
setup, OS etc?
2 sata harddrives, both 80gb but my OS drive is a raptor my other is just a 72,000rpm(the 1 with the problem). and i;m on windows xp pro
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fact is peeps i want to get my files back as cheaply as possible
thanks for reading guys
problem is this software will cost me over a 100$ to download 100k of recovery. and for 4gb comes to 130$!
quick questions:
can i see the files on the disk?(in windows)
nope. in virtuallab they show up inside a folder i created. however if i try to enter this folder in windows it says access is denied.
did i backup?
no
if i right click on the harddrive does it show disk space as being used?
it shows in windows as a complete blank harddrive, with 1 folder inside.
what file recovery software have i tried?
about every single link that comes in google(first page mainly) when ya put in file recovery software.
setup, OS etc?
2 sata harddrives, both 80gb but my OS drive is a raptor my other is just a 72,000rpm(the 1 with the problem). and i;m on windows xp pro
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fact is peeps i want to get my files back as cheaply as possible
thanks for reading guys