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I accidentaly deleted my NTFS IDE partition :( HELP!

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keplenk   02-08-2008 at 01:21:00 PM

Hi all,

I accidentaly/STUPIDLY!!! deleted my NTFS IDE partition.

This all happened when I was trying to install Windows XP in my system. I forgot that I had 2 hard drives attached.

When I booted to Windows XP cd .. after the esc, F8, etc .. I saw the partitioning part. I was so used of pressing "d" then "L" then enter ..

Then suddenly my sweat turned cold and got goose bumps after finding out that I deleted my other hard drive!

But I did NOT format the hdd. I turned off the PC immediately, unplugged my IDE hdd, booted back to Windows XP cd, installed it this time to the freagin right sata hdd.

It was supposedly my SATA hdd.

Now, to make matter worst, I tried booting from Hiren .. loaded Active Partition recovery .. highlighted Unallocated space and did a scan for lost partitions. It did not find any!!

I also tried the Windows version of Active Partition and right now, Im trying other Partition recovery programs.

If Active Partition did not find any partition, does this mean its lost forever?

Ok, when I searched for programs that does recovery, they mention recover "formatted NTFS"

Should I format this hard drive and try to run Active@ (sounds stupid but I'm really getting desperate)

Please help :(

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jackieboy   02-08-2008 at 02:30:17 PM
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Your screwed....I did the same thing once too so don't feel bad....I lost a LOT of information and was pissed for several days

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panicatak   02-08-2008 at 02:41:44 PM
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I have 3 words to say:-

restorer 2000 Pro

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Zorg   02-08-2008 at 02:43:36 PM
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Absolutely do not format it will only make matters worse. You can try some programs to recover the files, or send it to the pros. OO unerase or programs like that.

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keplenk   02-08-2008 at 03:23:08 PM
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Hey guys,

Thanks for your reply.

I think I got good news! :D I used Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional 6.4V and it seems its doing it! But I cant be sure yet since im only at 33% restore right now. So far so good :D For some reason, the newer version of Ontrack .. crashes! So i used the older version.

If this fails (hope not), ill try to use restorer 2000 Pro.

Ontrack is a good program :D

Thanks for your help!


Message edited by keplenk on 02-08-2008 at 03:29:39 PM
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notherdude   02-08-2008 at 03:24:30 PM
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did you try the Acronis partition recovery tool from the Hiren disk? It has worked for me.

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KyleSTL   02-08-2008 at 03:57:14 PM
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GetDataBack for NTFS.

http://www.runtime.org/

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keplenk   02-08-2008 at 05:05:27 PM
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WHen I booted Hiren, there are many Partition Recovery programs there. However, only one of them worked and that was Ontrack version 3.0 (DOS based) .. it detects all my files BUT It doesnt detect my other hard drive (destination drive). I had to install Windows on my other hard drive and install the Windows Based Ontrack to make it work. I finished restoring and its 100% working! :D So far ontrack made my day :D

Thanks for the other input :)

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notherdude   02-08-2008 at 06:25:08 PM
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I'll put ontrack on the "a" list!

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Winly   02-09-2008 at 04:33:57 AM
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nice, i will consider ontrack if i have any problems with my HDD.

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loli   03-04-2009 at 10:33:36 AM
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hey,
if you cannot fix your partition, you'd better try data recovery software, such as EASEUS Data Recovery WIzard, and Good News, you can get is Here For Free http://free-backup.info/data-recovery-software.htm

good luck!

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Tara_Patrick   04-02-2009 at 06:06:25 AM
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Sometimes it becomes very twisted and cost a huge amount of data loss when we re-format our drive. We could not recover our lost data on the drive therefore we lost our precious data for ever. But we can recover our data the help of recovery software Stellar Phoenix <a href="http://www.partitionrecovery-software.com/">Partition Recovery</a> Software which is quite friendly having graphic user interface and intuitive efficiency in recovering data so why don’t you try this software…

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confusednabused   08-13-2009 at 12:16:59 PM
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what if some gigantic idiot deleted all their partitions and then proceeded to format their computer? How screwed am I.. I mean are they?

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