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Formated drive in error

  • 30-09-2003 11:32am
    #1
    omathuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭


    Can anyone help?

    I formated my D: SCSI drive in error. I was trying to install XP on to the C: drive and for some reason I went and formated the D: drive instead.
    I had also copied all my data/MP3 files to the D: drive for their safe keeping.

    Finally I formated the drive as NTFS so I could play with .VOB files.

    Is there anyway to unformat or undelete the files?

    I tried NDD but it can not see the NTFS drive.


Comments

  • #2
    Eurorunner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Eurorunner


    You could try Easy Recovery Professional to get the data back...


  • #3
    elexes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭elexes


    there was a good few posts done about the programs you would need to do this sort of thing last year cant rember what they were called

    im sure somone knows what it is


  • #4
    mr_angry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,312 ✭✭✭mr_angry


    If you formatted with the same file system as was already there, then you should be able to get them back. If you were using FAT32, and formatted for NTFS, then you're in big trouble...


  • #5
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    GetDataBack

    They have a different version for FAT and NTFS.


  • #6
    stereo_steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭stereo_steve


    Don't turn on your computer, everytime you do windows will be writing over lost files. If there is some really important files you want back pm me. I'm feeling generous!


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  • #7
    milltown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,616 ✭✭✭milltown


    www.bitmart.net

    Product called Restorer 2000 saved about 60 gigs of MP3s and DivXs for me after a similar thing happened me. Only difference with me was while trying to sort my windows problem out (before I realised the wrong disk had been formatted) I'd formatted the drive a few times both fat32 and ntfs! And still got most of my stuff back.
    You can d/l the demo and let it scan the drive to see how much it can recover, then pay for a key to actually recover your data (or PM me for a lend of mine).
    Like I said most of the MP3s and Divxs were fine but for some reason a lot of MS documents were corrupt after recovery.


  • #8
    omathuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 57 ✭✭omathuna


    Thanks guys for you offers of Help.
    I used Eurorunner's suggestion of Easy Recovery. I had to delete the NTFS partition and then Easy Recovery did a raw data scan and picked up most of my files.
    Thanks again, it is great to know there are still people willing to help out.


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