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I unpartitioned an external HDD on accident.. help :)

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SuperiorRobot   12-02-2007 at 01:55:50 AM

Can I retrieve the information from the drive somehow? :((

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firetatoo   12-02-2007 at 04:36:48 PM
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unless you are willing to send it to a data recovery center for thousands of dollars, the answer is no. my suggestion is: learn a lesson about paying attention to the things you do to your machine and don't do this again.
it's only data, after all.

------------------------------ To comfort the afflicted, to afflict the comfortable.
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BustedSony   12-02-2007 at 05:05:00 PM
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SuperiorRobot wrote :

Can I retrieve the information from the drive somehow? :((



Probably, since the data is still on there, it's just had the boot tables removed. Paritition EXACTLY as before, don't format, then run GetDataBack's "Recover my Files" recover from format option. You should get most if not all of the files back.

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GeorgeH   12-02-2007 at 06:12:14 PM
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There is software that will find and rewrite the partition information. I had it done several years ago. No need to recover the data.

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sunny27   12-02-2007 at 07:20:59 PM
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try using stellar data recovery software or try using testdisk--google it.

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honolululu   12-03-2007 at 07:14:30 AM
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Second the http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk. I lost a RAID0 array before, but was able to retrieve all my game saves using testdisk version on the ultimate boot cd I had already burned for Memtest. 8)

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SuperiorRobot   12-03-2007 at 10:32:08 PM
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sweet you guys rock, cept that first reply, he sucks:D

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