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I recently got fed up with my nvidia graphics driver on windows 7 so i decided to install xp. so i did. i chose to install windows xp on c drive. and i formatted that drive and installed xp. so after the installation i decided to install my graphics driver which i had copied to d drive earlier on windows 7 so i didnt have to download anything after. So i opened my computer in windows xp to navigate my way to d drive, only to realise it was not showing up. So i opened disk managment and noticed it wasnt showing up either. it did not even detect that had unallocated space or and empty drive or anything. it only showed c drive where i installed xp. So i wass a lil peed off about it. and i reinstalled windows 7 and now i can see the drive in disk managment. I then created a simply volume and now i have nothing on that drive. So my question is. Can i recover my data? Is there any program (free specifically) that can recover data from a deleted partition? if so can someone please provide a link. because i have photos i cannot loose and i have many games and many many music and i also have a lot of movies and all my documents on that partition that i cannot loose. I have not put any data on d drive. all i have done was format the drive so i could see it in exploere. i will not put anything on that drive just in case i overwrite anything. thanks for you help people :)  much appreciated

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Oh my gosh! Please don't listen to this guy! It is totally possible!
@mhtsgr9: Geez dude, this is someone's DATA we're talking about here. Please don't answer if you don't know what you're talking about. :( 

I deleted my entire MBR once and got every last file back by booting into Ubuntu from a flash disk (because you should minimize use of the drive you are trying to recover data/partitions from) and using a software like Testdisk. Here are a couple good tutorials you can check.
Recover Lost or Deleted Partitions in Linux Using TestDisk (article)
Recover deleted partitions using Testdisk in Ubuntu (video)

The one thing you have to be aware of however is that the more you mess with the drive by installing stuff, the less likely it becomes to recover lost data because it is being overwritten. Any time you delete data or a partition, it is not actually gone from the drive, but only the flags that reserve the hard drive sectors where those files live on the drive. You can use apps like the above for recovering deleted partitions, and apps like Recuva or Restoration, etc.

Important note!
Whenever you are trying to recover data from a formatted drive or partition where you deleted files, it's absolutely CRITICAL that you do not write ANYTHING to that partition. ALWAYS install your recovery software on a separate partition or thumb drive. Otherwise you could be overwriting the data you're trying to recover.

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...At last, after you have restored your data, you should never store the recovered data on the same partition, for that will increase the rate of recovery failure.

That last statement is a good point, very true.

However, this is only the case if you are recovering deleted files (either from a format or via the recycle bin). On the other hand if you are restoring a deleted partition, the software will simply reinstate the partition boundaries. When you delete a partition, the data never actually goes anywhere. :) 
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wonder44 said:
i also have a lot of movies and all my documents on that partition that i cannot loose. I have not put any data on d drive. all i have done was format the drive so i could see it in exploere. i will not put anything on that drive just in case i overwrite anything. thanks for you help people :)  much appreciated


Hi,

Don't worry you can recover your deleted partition data with the help of a professional data recovery software just try to use once may be you find out your desire data there are so many software available on the Google just search it and Recoveryfix for Window Data Recovery is one of them which can help you to recover your partition data you can also try to use this from here
http://www.partitionrecoveryfreeware.net

Hi...

Don't worry, for every problem their is a solution. When I am resizing the partitions accidentally I pressed delete option this leads to deletion partition. Thus I lost so valuable data from partition.

While searching about how to recover HDD partition, I come across a utility called HDD Partition Recovery. Unbelievable!!! I got my partition back by this software.

http://www.recover-partition.net/hdd.html
http://www.recover-partition.net/download/recover-parti...

Yes! You can recover your data from a deleted partition as long as you have not saved new file on this new created partition.
All you need it to try a partition recovery tool named Vimx Partition Recovery, which specializes in processing different partition recovery problems, such as the deleted partition recovery problems, the inaccessible partition recovery problem and even corrupted partition recovery problem, etc.
One more thing, you should remember to be more careful before you decide to do any change to your important data. Of course, the best and practical way is to back up it well at first.
Good luck!

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