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More info?)
Unfortunately, when you deleted the partition on the external drive, for all
intents and purposes, you deleted all the data. You may be able to recover
the data using various programs but don't try to partition or format the
drive until you have determined if the data is recoverable.
A few sites to help you recover the data with programs
http://www.stellarinfo.com/partition-recovery.htm
http://www.partition-recovery.com/partition.htm
http://www.cgsecurity.org/index.html?testdisk.html
Just make sure that they will work on external (USB) drives. Most of the
DOS based programs won't work on them.
"Andy" <Andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:32E58477-EFCF-4F69-B739-A0DE51CE64B1@microsoft.com...
> The problem is I need the data. If I format the drive the data will bbe
lost.
> Any other ideas ?
>
> "JustMe" wrote:
>
> > "Andy" <Andy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:236870AB-0DEA-44AA-8CFB-84C47E186DA5@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to if someone can help me.
> > I was trying to install clean xp on my computer with my maxtor 80gb
external
> > hard drive connected.
> > I accidentaly deleted the partition on my j:drive(Maxtor external drive
> > connected as firewire) but did not format.
> > Now I cannot see anything on the drive I tried to recreate the partition
but
> > still don't see anything.
> > My external drive is NTFS.
> >
> >
> > Your external drive is no longer NTFS if it doesn't have a partition.
If
> > your doing a clean install it would be best done without any external
disks
> > connected to the system. After the install then go through the install
> > process for the 80 gb maxtor. If all goes well you could try finding
the
> > external disk in the Disk Management screen and partition and format it
> > there.
> >
> >
> >
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