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04-11-2005, 03:09 PM
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Accidentally Deleted Partition in Windows XP setup wizard
I booted from the Windows XP setup CD-Rom, proceeded to delete the partitions on the local hdd so I could re install windows. Also had a USB HDD plugged in, and I accidentally deleted those partitions too. Unfortunately, the USB hard drive had hundreds of gigabytes of critical data.
Anyway to recover? Neither of the drives have been formatted. I partitioned and before I hit enter to start installing XP, which would have formatted the drives as well, I quit the setup. None of the recovery programs can find any lost partitions. I found this technet support page, but I'm not quite sure how to do this, add a volume? Is that the same as adding a partition? Will it work? Any ideas? Can Partition Magic do anything here? |
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04-11-2005, 03:30 PM
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I'm not sure that Partition magic will help you there, after some searching I found almost exact thing you did http://www.belchfire.net/article-print-114.html but look if you install windows on Hdd you wonted to install maybe you will be able to recover yours files from usb drive with this little software http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm witch is by the way free it may help you!!! BUT DON'T FORMAT USB DRIVE!!!
EDIT: There is countless number of recovery software check on this site http://www.downloadjunction.com/prod...0003/index.htm 
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I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. Last edited by macko72; 04-11-2005 at 03:39 PM. |
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04-11-2005, 04:18 PM
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I have recommended GetDataBack in the past... I still recommend it. My brother hosed his MFT a few weeks back and nothing was accessible -- I recovered all of his files with GDB. It costs money -- $70 -- but it works well.
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04-11-2005, 04:34 PM
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If PC Inspector or GetDataBack doesn't work, try Ontrack Easy Recovery. NOT cheap but the trial will tell you what it can recover. Badcopy Pro might work too.
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04-12-2005, 06:50 AM
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Here's the way to recover partition.It's the way i used to recover my deleted partitions
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11-04-2005, 03:39 AM
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Hello,
The way to recover partition is to use Active@ partition recovery utility. It worked for me so I can say It's algorithms is really powerful. It does restores lost partitions indeed. Last edited by Panama Red; 11-04-2005 at 07:08 AM. |
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