Guest Kevin Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I wanted to install a new operating system on an old server. I deleted the partition, formatted the unpartitioned disk and then installed the new operating system to the drive. Only to find out I installed it on the wrong drive and I have no backup of the drive I wiped out. Is there any hope of getting the data back? Most of the stuff on there is supposed to be kept by the people that use it, so I'm not thinking of sending the disk off and paying thousands to have it recovered. But if there's a cheap program that will recover the disk, I would consider that. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: Disaster Recovery Question "Kevin" <kmahoney@nospam_fireacademy.org> wrote in message news:hh2ag391nug5jv55rri1923lr9hp5mg6hd@4ax.com... >I wanted to install a new operating system on an old server. I deleted > the partition, formatted the unpartitioned disk and then installed the > new operating system to the drive. > Only to find out I installed it on the wrong drive and I have no > backup of the drive I wiped out. Is there any hope of getting the data > back? > > Most of the stuff on there is supposed to be kept by the people that > use it, so I'm not thinking of sending the disk off and paying > thousands to have it recovered. But if there's a cheap program that > will recover the disk, I would consider that. > > Can anyone point me in the right direction? Since you installed the new OS over the top of the old stuff, there is no hope of getting the data back unless your prepared to pay big money. Sorry to say so but this is really the time to review your backup policy.
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