 Help. Deleted Partitions And Partial Format Need Recovery |
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 Apr 1 2008, 11:59 AM
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Apr 1 2008, 12:16 PM
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 Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 5,228 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
Can you be a little more descriptive? Are you able to boot into Windows at all? What does the computer do when you turn it on and what errors does it give you? If you're hoping to recover files, you can put the drive in another computer or use a USB enclosure to attempt to retrieve them
This post has been edited by garmanma: Apr 1 2008, 12:17 PM -------------------- Mark
 why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around |
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Apr 1 2008, 12:57 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 8-October 07 Member No.: 161,678 |
I have the drive as a second drive and windows does not even see it so I cannot boot into it. I'm sorry, it has/had winows 98.
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Apr 1 2008, 05:34 PM
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Computer Masochist Group: Moderator Posts: 5,228 Joined: 27-January 07 From: Cleveland, Ohio Member No.: 108,618 |
When you boot the machine does the drive show up in the BIOS? You have the jumpers set correctly, yes?
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why won't my laptop work? Having grandkids is God's way of giving you a 2nd chance because you were too busy working your butt off the 1st time around |
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Apr 1 2008, 06:49 PM
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 Big Brother is Watching You Group: HJT Senior Classmen Posts: 1,696 Joined: 17-January 08 From: Airstrip One Member No.: 184,215 |
Once a disk has been formatted, all of the disk is set to 0s, meaning data recovery through software is not possible. (Assuming the (default) full format mode). Quick format does not reset to 0.
To my knowledge, if the system was not full formatted, something like TestDisk may be able to recover your partition table, though I have not ever tried it myself. http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk Have a nice day, Billy3 -------------------- In the event I fail to reply within twenty-four hours, feel free to send me a PM.
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