xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?

[Guest sobriquet]

Hello.

On a vista computer which has a sata and an pata drive, I attempted to

install

windows xp on a separate 2nd partition on the pata drive (where vista

was also installed on the 1st partition). When windows asked where to

install xp, I specifically chose the right partition and subsequently

windows xp somehow jumped to the sata drive and formatted this. It was

my mistake because I didn't look carefully and assumed that because I

had previously carefully picked the right partition, it would format

the partition I had designated where windows xp should install.

So the bottom line is that xp formatted my 500 gb sata drive as a 128

gb drive.

Does anyone know of any way to recover the data from that drive that

was formatted accidentally?

 

Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

[Guest Terry R.]

Re: xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?

 

The date and time was 2/23/2008 12:45 PM, and on a whim, sobriquet

pounded out on the keyboard:

> Hello.

> On a vista computer which has a sata and an pata drive, I attempted to

> install

> windows xp on a separate 2nd partition on the pata drive (where vista

> was also installed on the 1st partition). When windows asked where to

> install xp, I specifically chose the right partition and subsequently

> windows xp somehow jumped to the sata drive and formatted this. It was

> my mistake because I didn't look carefully and assumed that because I

> had previously carefully picked the right partition, it would format

> the partition I had designated where windows xp should install.

> So the bottom line is that xp formatted my 500 gb sata drive as a 128

> gb drive.

> Does anyone know of any way to recover the data from that drive that

> was formatted accidentally?

>

> Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

 

Hi Niek,

 

Here are just a few of many solutions found using Google:

http://www.tucows.com/article/1711

http://www.recovermyfiles.com/

http://www.bitmart.net/

 

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[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?

 

 

"sobriquet" <dohduhdah@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

> Hello.

> On a vista computer which has a sata and an pata drive, I attempted to

> install

> windows xp on a separate 2nd partition on the pata drive (where vista

> was also installed on the 1st partition). When windows asked where to

> install xp, I specifically chose the right partition and subsequently

> windows xp somehow jumped to the sata drive and formatted this. It was

> my mistake because I didn't look carefully and assumed that because I

> had previously carefully picked the right partition, it would format

> the partition I had designated where windows xp should install.

> So the bottom line is that xp formatted my 500 gb sata drive as a 128

> gb drive.

> Does anyone know of any way to recover the data from that drive that

> was formatted accidentally?

>

> Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

 

Here are a few link to recovery tools:

http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htm

http://www.hddrecovery.com.au

http://bootmaster.filerecovery.biz

http://www.runtime.org/

http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecoverysecdownload.html

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

 

Unfortunately your chances of recovering your data files are

remote, because you probably overwrote most of them with

the WinXP installation. Prevention is really the best cure here:

It is absolutely essential to back up important files to an

independent medium regularly, e.g. once every week. A 2.5"

disk in an external USB case is a low-cost but highly effective

backup device. Regrettably many people do not implement

such a backup scheme until they suffer a major disaster.

[Guest sobriquet]

Re: xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?

 

On 23 feb, 22:49, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

> "sobriquet" <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> news:c158da9e-3408-4c00-8cbd-0f7579363daa@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

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>

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> > Hello.

> > On a vista computer which has a sata and an pata drive, I attempted to

> > install

> > windows xp on a separate 2nd partition on the pata drive (where vista

> > was also installed on the 1st partition). When windows asked where to

> > install xp, I specifically chose the right partition and subsequently

> > windows xp somehow jumped to the sata drive and formatted this. It was

> > my mistake because I didn't look carefully and assumed that because I

> > had previously carefully picked the right partition, it would format

> > the partition I had designated where windows xp should install.

> > So the bottom line is that xp formatted my 500 gb sata drive as a 128

> > gb drive.

> > Does anyone know of any way to recover the data from that drive that

> > was formatted accidentally?

>

> > Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

>

> Here are a few link to recovery tools:http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htmhttp://www.hddrecovery.com.auhttp://bootmaster.filerecovery.bizhttp://www.runtime.org/http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecoverysecdownload.htmlhttp://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

>

> Unfortunately your chances of recovering your data files are

> remote, because you probably overwrote most of them with

> the WinXP installation.

 

No, I didn't actually install xp. In fact I couldn't even install it,

because xp got so confused by the sata drive it would just keep

rebooting my pc. As a bonus it also screwed up my vista install beyond

recovery and

I can now enjoy the pleasure of installing vista again. God, I really

love windows.

 

But anyway, I'm positive nothing has happened to the 500 gb sata drive

apart from the quick format.

 

 

Prevention is really the best cure here:

> It is absolutely essential to back up important files to an

> independent medium regularly, e.g. once every week. A 2.5"

> disk in an external USB case is a low-cost but highly effective

> backup device. Regrettably many people do not implement

> such a backup scheme until they suffer a major disaster.

 

I know.. I make backups frequently.. but it's always an uncomfortable

feeling when you suddenly lose a few 100 gb of data and you're left to

wonder if you really had backups of everything.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: xp formatted a sata drive, any way to recover?

 

 

"sobriquet" <dohduhdah@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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> On 23 feb, 22:49, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I....@fly.com.oz> wrote:

>> "sobriquet" <dohduh...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>> news:c158da9e-3408-4c00-8cbd-0f7579363daa@p25g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...

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>> > Hello.

>> > On a vista computer which has a sata and an pata drive, I attempted to

>> > install

>> > windows xp on a separate 2nd partition on the pata drive (where vista

>> > was also installed on the 1st partition). When windows asked where to

>> > install xp, I specifically chose the right partition and subsequently

>> > windows xp somehow jumped to the sata drive and formatted this. It was

>> > my mistake because I didn't look carefully and assumed that because I

>> > had previously carefully picked the right partition, it would format

>> > the partition I had designated where windows xp should install.

>> > So the bottom line is that xp formatted my 500 gb sata drive as a 128

>> > gb drive.

>> > Does anyone know of any way to recover the data from that drive that

>> > was formatted accidentally?

>>

>> > Kind regards and thanks in advance for any suggestions, Niek

>>

>> Here are a few link to recovery

>> tools:http://www.restorer2000.com/r2k.htmhttp://www.hddrecovery.com.auhttp://bootmaster.filerecovery.bizhttp://www.runtime.org/http://www.softwarepatch.com/software/filerecoverysecdownload.htmlhttp://www.snapfiles.com/get/restoration.html

>>

>> Unfortunately your chances of recovering your data files are

>> remote, because you probably overwrote most of them with

>> the WinXP installation.

>

> No, I didn't actually install xp. In fact I couldn't even install it,

> because xp got so confused by the sata drive it would just keep

> rebooting my pc. As a bonus it also screwed up my vista install beyond

> recovery and

> I can now enjoy the pleasure of installing vista again. God, I really

> love windows.

>

> But anyway, I'm positive nothing has happened to the 500 gb sata drive

> apart from the quick format.

>

>

> Prevention is really the best cure here:

>> It is absolutely essential to back up important files to an

>> independent medium regularly, e.g. once every week. A 2.5"

>> disk in an external USB case is a low-cost but highly effective

>> backup device. Regrettably many people do not implement

>> such a backup scheme until they suffer a major disaster.

>

> I know.. I make backups frequently.. but it's always an uncomfortable

> feeling when you suddenly lose a few 100 gb of data and you're left to

> wonder if you really had backups of everything.

 

Either use a well-designed batch file for your backups, or else

a professional product such as Acronis. In this way you can be

sure that you don't miss anything.