Doh! Formatted the wrong drive!

hefty_langer · 31-08-2004 1:24am #1

OK, bit of a slip of the finger... While installing WXP prof onto my C: drive, Didn't take enough notice during setup, The install defaulted to My other drive (E: 160G WDCaviar) only 30% into the "Quick Format" did I notice the error of my ways and cancel it...
...Now when I try to explore the E: drive it says it isn't formatted (surprise surprise) Is there any way I can get any of the 100Gigs of data that was on it back??? I'm thinking that the data is still physically on the disk, but I have just wiped half of the drive index - am I right? Is there any S/w that can retrieve this data?? Have some backed up, but as usual, not all!

Zonko · 31-08-2004 1:49am

AHHH!! I feel like laughing, but... its just not right, its like laughing if your child just died...

jesus_thats_gre · 31-08-2004 2:14am

I would feel dirty after that.. Has to be up there with getting a finger stuck where the sun dont shine!

Khannie · 31-08-2004 8:01am

I'll try to be helpful

I have heard of unformat programs. I can't vouch for how useful or good they are. My first port of call for stuff like that is usually download.com or tucows.com.

If it's /very/ important data, there are data recovery firms who specialise in stuff like that.

Good luck!

Ciaran500 · 31-08-2004 9:04am

Since you did a quick format all your data is still there. You just need a program to read it from your hdd.

egan007 · 31-08-2004 9:15am

i have a program - i can send it to you it's Easy revocery pro.
And i GUARENTEE it will work

GinjaNinja · 01-09-2004 9:52am

I use a program called "directory snoop"
should do the job.

Doh! Formatted the wrong drive!

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